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#¤¤†*===:. WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY .:===*†¤¤#
¤%†*=:.... OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ....:=*†%¤
###¤%†*=:. MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, .:=*†%¤###
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###¤%†*=:. SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, .:=*†%¤###
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###¤%†*=:. IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO .:=*†%¤###
#¤††††*=:. EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE .:=*††††¤#
##¤†=..... PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, .....=†¤##
###¤%†*=:. MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO .:=*†%¤###
##%*::.... DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ....::*%##
¤%%†*::... DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ...::*†%%¤
¤†*::..... SLIGHTLY WEIRD. .....::*†¤
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¤%**:..... WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO .....:**%¤
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###¤%†*=:. OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, .:=*†%¤###
#¤¤†==:... AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ...:==†¤¤#
###¤%†*=:. CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. .:=*†%¤###
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¤¤%*:..... METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN .....:*%¤¤
#¤†***::.. "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ..::***†¤#
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#%*=...... RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ......=*%#
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¤%†**:.... HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ....:**†%¤
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#%%%***=:. ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY .:=***%%%#
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¤†††††*=:. WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND .:=*†††††¤
##¤†=..... THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, .....=†¤##
###¤%†*=:. IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A .:=*†%¤###
##%†=:.... LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ....:=†%##
##%*::.... FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ....::*%##
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