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##@¶&^;»:¨ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ¨:»;^&¶@##
#@¶&%^;»:¨ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ¨:»;^%&¶@#
#@¶&%^;»:¨ MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ¨:»;^%&¶@#
@&%^»»:¨¨¨ BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE ¨¨¨:»»^%&@
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¶¶¶&%^;»:¨ I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S ¨:»;^%&¶¶¶
&&^»:¨¨¨¨¨ 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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#@¶&%^;»:¨ 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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