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@£@%†=.¨¨¨ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ¨¨¨.=†%@£@
#@£@%†=.¨¨ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ¨¨.=†%@£@#
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#@£@%†=.¨¨ BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE ¨¨.=†%@£@#
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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 ¨¨¨¨.=†%@£
@£@%†=.¨¨¨ THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ¨¨¨.=†%@£@
#@£@%†=.¨¨ IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ¨¨.=†%@£@#
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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, ¨¨¨.=†%@£@
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@£@%†=.¨¨¨ 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. ¨.=†%@£@##
#@£@%†=.¨¨ THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. ¨¨.=†%@£@#
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