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¨,=/$$§£## the shortwave radio, and transmit a bit ##£§$$/=,¨
¨,=/$$§£## myself, songs and poetry, and found ##£§$$/=,¨
¨,=/$$§££# sounds from the forest. the others tell #££§$$/=,¨
¨¨¨¨¨===$§ of their lives, play the guitar for me, §$===¨¨¨¨¨
¨,=/$$$$$§ and tell tales of the old world. i §$$$$$/=,¨
¨,=/$$§£## consider them friends as well. ##£§$$/=,¨
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¨,=/$$$$$£ "save" things. whatever i put in here £$$$$$/=,¨
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¨,=/$$§£## reset. everything else, however, is ##£§$$/=,¨
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¨,=/$$§£## fall asleep i'd always wake up fully ##£§$$/=,¨
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¨,=/$$§£## 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. ££§$$$/=,¨
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