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£%\«¨¨¨¨¨¨ SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ¨¨¨¨¨¨«\%£
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¤%%%%%\«,¨ PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ¨,«\%%%%%¤
£¤%%\««,¨¨ MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ¨¨,««\%%¤£
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#@£¤%%\«,¨ DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ¨,«\%%¤£@#
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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 ¨,«\%¤£@##
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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 ¨,«\%%¤£@#
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¤%%«¨¨¨¨¨¨ FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ¨¨¨¨¨¨«%%¤
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@¤¤¤%%\«,¨ FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. ¨,«\%%¤¤¤@
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#@£¤%%\«,¨ THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ¨,«\%%¤£@#
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@¤¤¤%%\«,¨ LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ¨,«\%%¤¤¤@
##@£¤%\«,¨ FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ¨,«\%¤£@##
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@££¤%%\«,¨ ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ¨,«\%%¤££@
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