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###§§^:~-, WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ,-~:^§§###
###§§^:~-, OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ,-~:^§§###
###§§^:~-, MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ,-~:^§§###
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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 ,,,,,-::^§
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#§^::--,,, 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 ,,,--~:^§#
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###§§^:~-, 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 ,,,,-:^§§§
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§^:~---,,, PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS ,,,---~:^§
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###§§^:~-, FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ,-~:^§§###
§§§§:::~-, RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ,-~:::§§§§
###§§^:~-, ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ,-~:^§§###
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###§§^:~-, 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. ,-~:^§§###
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