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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, ¶$$\....¨¨
¨.«\^$&&¶# SLIGHTLY WEIRD. #¶&&$^\«.¨
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¨.«««\^^$¶ I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A ¶$^^\«««.¨
¨.«\$&¶### DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND ###¶&$\«.¨
¨¨¨¨¨.«\^& WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO &^\«.¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.\^&¶# THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT #¶&^\.¨¨¨¨
¨.«\^$&¶## MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ##¶&$^\«.¨
¨¨¨¨¨.\^^& SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL &^^\.¨¨¨¨¨
¨.«\^$$&&¶ OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ¶&&$$^\«.¨
¨¨¨¨«««^&¶ AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ¶&^«««¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.«\^^& CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. &^^\«.¨¨¨¨
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¨.«\^$&¶## MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A TWO SQUARE ##¶&$^\«.¨
¨.«\^$&¶## METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ##¶&$^\«.¨
¨.«\^$&¶## "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ##¶&$^\«.¨
¨.«\^$&¶## WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ##¶&$^\«.¨
¨¨¨¨¨.\$&# RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS #&$\.¨¨¨¨¨
¨.«\^^$$&& 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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