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*\~^¨¨¨¨¨¨ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~\*
\~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~\
*\~^¨¨¨¨¨¨ MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~\*
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¶@$*\~^¨¨¨ DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ¨¨¨^~\*$@¶
@$*\~^¨¨¨¨ SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ¨¨¨¨^~\*$@
$*\~^¨¨¨¨¨ BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ¨¨¨¨¨^~\*$
*\~^¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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¶@$*\~^¨¨¨ DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND ¨¨¨^~\*$@¶
#¶@$*\~^¨¨ WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ¨¨^~\*$@¶#
##¶@$*\~^¨ THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ¨^~\*$@¶##
#¶@$*\~^¨¨ MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ¨¨^~\*$@¶#
¶@$*\~^¨¨¨ SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ¨¨¨^~\*$@¶
@$*\~^¨¨¨¨ OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ¨¨¨¨^~\*$@
$*\~^¨¨¨¨¨ AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ¨¨¨¨¨^~\*$
*\~^¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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