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###£$†/~:¨ BEFORE IT  FADES  TO  NIGHT  AGAIN,  AND ¨:~/†$£###
##@£$†/~:¨ THEN  IT STAYS SO UNTIL  I  FALL ASLEEP. ¨:~/†$£@##
##@£$†/~:¨ IT  DOESN'T  RISE  UNLESS  I'VE  HAD  MY ¨:~/†$£@##
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##@£$†/~:¨ PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS,  CAMERAS, ¨:~/†$£@##
##@£$†/~:¨ MIRRORS,  PRISMS, AND  VARIOUS THINGS TO ¨:~/†$£@##
###£$†/~:¨ DO ART WITH. THE  FRIDGE  IS FILLED WITH ¨:~/†$£###
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨~††£
##@£$†/~:¨ SOUNDS FROM  THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ¨:~/†$£@##
###£$†/~:¨ OF THEIR  LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ¨:~/†$£###
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#@$//:¨¨¨¨      CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL.      ¨¨¨¨://$@#
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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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##@£$†/~:¨ WHERE  THE SPIRITS OF  THE FOREST AROUND ¨:~/†$£@##
@£$$/~:¨¨¨ THE COTTAGE  TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ¨¨¨:~/$$£@
##@£$†/~:¨ IT'S NOT  ENDLESS  BUT  CONNECTED  TO  A ¨:~/†$£@##
##@£$†/~:¨ LARGE SPRAWLING  CITY,  WHERE  MY  RADIO ¨:~/†$£@##
##@£$†/~:¨ FRIENDS  LIVE.  WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ¨:~/†$£@##
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#££††/:¨¨¨ ME, THEY NEVER  REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ¨¨¨:/††££#
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