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#@¶¤$§*~-¨ sun is about to rise. its a long day, ¨-~*§$¤¶@#
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##@¶¤$§*~¨ then it stays so until i fall asleep. ¨~*§$¤¶@##
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##@¤$§*~-¨ players. pen and paper, books, cameras, ¨-~*§$¤@##
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##¶¤$§*~-¨ do art with. the fridge is filled with ¨-~*§$¤¶##
#@¶¤$§*~-¨ differet foods, all of them intriguing, ¨-~*§$¤¶@#
#@¶¤$§*~-¨ slightly weird. ¨-~*§$¤¶@#
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#@¶¤$§*~-¨ wants to be the big spoon). i listen to ¨-~*§$¤¶@#
#@¶¤$§*~-¨ the shortwave radio, and transmit a bit ¨-~*§$¤¶@#
#@¶¤$§*~-¨ myself, songs and poetry, and found ¨-~*§$¤¶@#
@¶$§**~¨¨¨ sounds from the forest. the others tell ¨¨¨~**§$¶@
#@¶¤$§*~-¨ of their lives, play the guitar for me, ¨-~*§$¤¶@#
##@¤$§*~-¨ and tell tales of the old world. i ¨-~*§$¤@##
#@¶¤$§*~-¨ consider them friends as well. ¨-~*§$¤¶@#
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¶¤§§§~~¨¨¨ "save" things. whatever i put in here ¨¨¨~~§§§¤¶
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#@¶¤$§*~-¨ reset. everything else, however, is ¨-~*§$¤¶@#
@¶$*-¨¨¨¨¨ completely reset overnight: synth ¨¨¨¨¨-*$¶@
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¶¤§§*~~-¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨-~~§¤
¶¶$§***~-¨ large sprawling city, where my radio ¨-~***§$¶¶
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#@¶¤$§*~-¨ me, they never remember during the day. ¨-~*§$¤¶@#
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