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$*~.,,,,,, WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ,,,,,,.~*$
%$*~.,,,,, OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ,,,,,.~*$%
&%$*~.,,,, MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ,,,,.~*$%&
#&%$*~.,,, BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE ,,,.~*$%&#
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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 ,,,,,,,.~*
$*~.,,,,,, THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ,,,,,,.~*$
%$*~.,,,,, IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ,,,,,.~*$%
&%$*~.,,,, DREAMS. ,,,,.~*$%&
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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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##&%$*~.,, I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A ,,.~*$%&##
###&%$*~., DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND ,.~*$%&###
##&%$*~.,, WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ,,.~*$%&##
#&%$*~.,,, THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ,,,.~*$%&#
&%$*~.,,,, MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ,,,,.~*$%&
%$*~.,,,,, SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ,,,,,.~*$%
$*~.,,,,,, OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ,,,,,,.~*$
*~.,,,,,,, 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 ,,,,,,,.~*
$*~.,,,,,, FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ,,,,,,.~*$
%$*~.,,,,, RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ,,,,,.~*$%
&%$*~.,,,, ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ,,,,.~*$%&
#&%$*~.,,, FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. ,,,.~*$%&#
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#&%$*~.,,, AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS ,,,.~*$%&#
&%$*~.,,,, WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND ,,,,.~*$%&
%$*~.,,,,, THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ,,,,,.~*$%
$*~.,,,,,, IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ,,,,,,.~*$
*~.,,,,,,, LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ,,,,,,,.~*
$*~.,,,,,, FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ,,,,,,.~*$
%$*~.,,,,, - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ,,,,,.~*$%
&%$*~.,,,, ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ,,,,.~*$%&
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