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,~«^%%&£## WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ##£&%%^«~,
,~~~«^%%£# OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND #£%%^«~~~,
,~«^%%&£## MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ##£&%%^«~,
,~«^%%&£## BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE ##£&%%^«~,
,~«^%%&£## SPRING)) ##£&%%^«~,
,~«^%%£### ###£%%^«~,
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,~«^%%&£## ##£&%%^«~,
,~«^%%&£## I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S ##£&%%^«~,
,~«^%%&£## DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ##£&%%^«~,
,~««^^^%&& SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, &&%^^^««~,
,,,,,«^%&& BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND &&%^«,,,,,
,,,,,,~«%& THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. &%«~,,,,,,
,~«^%&£### IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ###£&%^«~,
,~«^%%£### DREAMS. ###£%%^«~,
,~«^%%&### ###&%%^«~,
,~«^%%&&££ % ££&&%%^«~,
,~«^%&£### ###£&%^«~,
,~«^%%&£## 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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,~«^%%&£## & ##£&%%^«~,
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,,,,~^%%%& I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A &%%%^~,,,,
,,,,,,«%%& DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND &%%«,,,,,,
,,,,,~^%££ 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 ###£&%%^~,
,~«^%%&£## 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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,~«^%%&£## MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A TWO SQUARE ##£&%%^«~,
,~«^%%&£## METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ##£&%%^«~,
,,~««««^%& "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE &%^««««~,,
,~«^%%&£## WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ##£&%%^«~,
,~~«^%%%£# 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. #&%%«««,,,
,,,,,,~«%& &%«~,,,,,,
,~«^%%&£## , ##£&%%^«~,
,,,,«^%%£# #£%%^«,,,,
,,,,«%%%£# AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS #£%%%«,,,,
,~«^%%&££# 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 &&%%^^^«~,
,~«^%%&£## - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ##£&%%^«~,
,~«««^%&&# ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. #&&%^«««~,
,,,,«^%&£# THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. #£&%^«,,,,
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