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¨¨¨~~~^§¤¤ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ¤¤§^~~~¨¨¨
¨~~^%§¤£## OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ##£¤§%^~~¨
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¨~~^%§¤£## DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ##£¤§%^~~¨
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¨~~^%§¤££# 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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¨~~^%§¤£## 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, ££§^~¨¨¨¨¨
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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 £§§%%~~~~¨
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¨~~%§¤£### RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ###£¤§%~~¨
¨¨¨¨~~~%%¤ COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ¤%%~~~¨¨¨¨
¨~~^%§¤£## PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS ##£¤§%^~~¨
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¨~~^%§¤£## 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 ##£¤§%^~~¨
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¨¨¨¨¨~~~%¤ FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ¤%~~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~^%§¤£## - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ##£¤§%^~~¨
¨~~^%§¤£## ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ##£¤§%^~~¨
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