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@#@£*//«~¨ SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ¨~«//*£@#@
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#£***//«~¨ PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ¨~«//***£#
#@#@£*/«~¨ MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ¨~«/*£@#@#
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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 ¨~«/*£@###
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###@£*/«~¨ METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ¨~«/*£@###
@£*«~¨¨¨¨¨ "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ¨¨¨¨¨~«*£@
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#@#@£*/«~¨ RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ¨~«/*£@#@#
#@£***/«~¨ COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ¨~«/***£@#
#£*«~~¨¨¨¨ PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS ¨¨¨¨~~«*£#
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###@£*/«~¨ ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ¨~«/*£@###
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@£*///«~~¨ THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ¨~~«///*£@
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#@#@£*/«~¨ FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ¨~«/*£@#@#
#£//««~~~¨ - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ¨~~~««//£#
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