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##¶§£^/«,¨  WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY   ¨,«/^£§¶##
§££^/,¨¨¨¨ OTHER  DAY,  SPRINGS   AND  STREAMS  AND ¨¨¨¨,/^££§
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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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¶§££^««¨¨¨ 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    ¨,«/^££§§§
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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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##@¶§£^«,¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨««^£¶
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#@¶§£^/«,¨ ME,  THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ¨,«/^£§¶@#
¶£/,,¨¨¨¨¨ THIS  IS  A MYSTERY  WE  OFTEN  DISCUSS. ¨¨¨¨¨,,/£¶
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