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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, ,:-†%%&¶@#
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#@¶&%%†-:, THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ,:-†%%&¶@#
&&%†:,,,,, IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ,,,,,:†%&&
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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 ,,,,,:†%&¶
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##¶&%%†-:, 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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#@¶&%%†-:, 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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