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¨^~:§$§#@# OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND #@#§$§:~^¨
¨^~:§$§#@# MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, #@#§$§:~^¨
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¨^~:§$#@## SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ##@#$§:~^¨
¨^~:§$§#@# BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND #@#§$§:~^¨
¨^~:::§§§§ THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. §§§§:::~^¨
¨¨¨¨^::$#@ IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY @#$::^¨¨¨¨
¨^~:§§§§§# DREAMS. #§§§§§:~^¨
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¨^~:§$$$§§ EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE §§$$$§:~^¨
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¨¨¨^~~§§§# MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO #§§§~~^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~:§$§ DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH §$§:~¨¨¨¨¨
¨^~:§$§#@# DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, #@#§$§:~^¨
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¨^~:§$§#@# THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT #@#§$§:~^¨
¨^~:§$§#@# MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND #@#§$§:~^¨
¨^~:§$§#@@ SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL @@#§$§:~^¨
¨^~:§$§#@# OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, #@#§$§:~^¨
¨^~:§$§#@# AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I #@#§$§:~^¨
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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 §§§~^^¨¨¨¨
¨^~:§$§@## COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ##@§$§:~^¨
¨^~~~~§$$# PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS #$$§~~~~^¨
¨^~:§$§§## HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ##§§$§:~^¨
¨^~:§$§#@# FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY #@#§$§:~^¨
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¨^~:§$§### ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ###§$§:~^¨
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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 ##@#§§:~^¨
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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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