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&$*~¨¨¨¨¨¨ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ¨¨¨¨¨¨~*$&
@@@&$=*»~¨ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ¨~»*=$&@@@
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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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###&$=*»~¨ EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ¨~»*=$&###
@&&==»¨¨¨¨ PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ¨¨¨¨»==&&@
&&==»»¨¨¨¨ MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ¨¨¨¨»»==&&
&=»~¨¨¨¨¨¨ DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ¨¨¨¨¨¨~»=&
@@&$==*»~¨ DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ¨~»*==$&@@
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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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