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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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