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.,««::%¤¤# WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY #¤¤%::««,.
...,««:%¤@ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND @¤%:««,...
.,«:%¤@@## MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ##@@¤%:«,.
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.,«:%¤@### 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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.,«:%¤@### 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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.,«:%¤#### 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 ###@¤%:«,.
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.,«:%¤@### 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 ###@¤%:«,.
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.,«:%%%@@# - 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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