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..~/**£###   WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY  ###£**/~..
..~/**£¶## OTHER   DAY,  SPRINGS  AND  STREAMS  AND ##¶£**/~..
..~/**£¶##   MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS,   ##¶£**/~..
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..~/**£¶¶# SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE.  ITS  A LONG  DAY, #¶¶£**/~..
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..~/**£¶## 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, ###£**/~..
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..~/**£¶## 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 ###¶**/~..
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..~/**£### "SAVE"  THINGS. WHATEVER I  PUT IN  HERE ###£**/~..
..~/**£¶## WILL  NOT  BE AFFECTED  BY  THE  NIGHTLY ##¶£**/~..
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..~/**£¶¶# FALL  ASLEEP  I'D ALWAYS  WAKE  UP FULLY #¶¶£**/~..
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../**£¶### FORGETTING TO  PUT THEM  IN  THE SQUARE. ###¶£**/..
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..~//***£¶ THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE.  HERE, ¶£***//~..
..~/**£¶## IT'S  NOT  ENDLESS  BUT CONNECTED  TO  A ##¶£**/~..
..~/**£¶## LARGE  SPRAWLING CITY,  WHERE  MY  RADIO ##¶£**/~..
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..~/**£¶## - 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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