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.^=^*£¤@## WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ##@¤£*^=^.
.^=^*£¤@@# OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND #@@¤£*^=^.
..^==*££¤@ MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, @¤££*==^..
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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 ¤££££*^=^.
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.^=^*£¤¤¤@ 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. #@@¤£*^=^.
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