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¨:«^*£§§¶#  WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY   #¶§§£*^«:¨
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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 ##¶§£*^«:¨
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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. ¶¶¶§£*^«:¨
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