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..~««^$$£¤  WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY   ¤£$$^««~..
.~«^$£¤@## OTHER  DAY,  SPRINGS  AND  STREAMS   AND ##@¤£$^«~.
.~«^$£¤@##   MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS,   ##@¤£$^«~.
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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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