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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, $§/~......
.....~/§$£ 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, ##£$§/~...
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......~/§$ I HAVE FRIENDS  -  THERE'S A CAT,  AND A $§/~......
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.....~/§$£ 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 $§/~......
.....~/§$£ METER  AREA  ON  THE  FLOOR  WHERE I CAN £$§/~.....
....~/§$£# "SAVE"  THINGS. WHATEVER I  PUT IN  HERE #£$§/~....
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.....~/§$£ 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 $§/~......
.......~/§ LARGE  SPRAWLING CITY,  WHERE  MY  RADIO §/~.......
......~/§$ FRIENDS LIVE. WE  GO EXPLORING  TOGETHER $§/~......
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....~/§$£# ME, THEY NEVER  REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. #£$§/~....
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