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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. £****««^,,
,,,«««*£¶# THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. #¶£*«««,,,
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