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&£†////~~¨ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ¨~~////†£&
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#@@&£†/~~¨ DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ¨~~/†£&@@#
&&£†///~~¨ SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ¨~~///†£&&
#@@&£†/~~¨ BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ¨~~/†£&@@#
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@&††††/~~¨ 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, ¨¨¨¨¨~/†£@
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##@&£†/~~¨ WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ¨~~/†£&@##
@£//~~¨¨¨¨ THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ¨¨¨¨~~//£@
@@@&£†/~~¨ MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ¨~~/†£&@@@
&££/~¨¨¨¨¨ SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ¨¨¨¨¨~/££&
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@@@&£†/~~¨ AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ¨~~/†£&@@@
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#@@&£†/~~¨ MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A TWO SQUARE ¨~~/†£&@@#
&£/~~~~¨¨¨ METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ¨¨¨~~~~/£&
#@@&£†/~~¨ "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ¨~~/†£&@@#
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&&††††/~~¨ RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ¨~~/††††&&
#@@&£†/~~¨ COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ¨~~/†£&@@#
@@@&£†/~~¨ PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS ¨~~/†£&@@@
@@@&£†/~~¨ HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ¨~~/†£&@@@
&&££///~~¨ FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ¨~~///££&&
##@@&£/~~¨ RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ¨~~/£&@@##
@@@&£†/~~¨ ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ¨~~/†£&@@@
#@@&£†/~~¨ FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. ¨~~/†£&@@#
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#@@&£†/~~¨ AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS ¨~~/†£&@@#
&£££†//~~¨ WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND ¨~~//†£££&
##@@&£†/~~ THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ~~/†£&@@##
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##@@&†/~~¨ LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ¨~~/†&@@##
&††~~¨¨¨¨¨ FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ¨¨¨¨¨~~††&
#@@&£†/~~¨ - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ¨~~/†£&@@#
@&&&£†/~~¨ ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ¨~~/†£&&&@
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