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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 ,,,,,,;;*#
#$;,,,,,,, THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ,,,,,,,;$#
##$«,,,,,, IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ,,,,,,«$##
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#@##*$;«,, EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ,,«;$*##@#
####*$;«,, PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ,,«;$*####
@@##*$;«,, MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ,,«;$*##@@
####*$;«,, DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ,,«;$*####
@#*;;,,,,, DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ,,,,,;;*#@
#*;;;,,,,, SLIGHTLY WEIRD. ,,,,,;;;*#
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##*$«««,,, WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ,,,«««$*##
####*$;«,, THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ,,«;$*####
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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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##@#*$;«,, METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ,,«;$*#@##
##*;,,,,,, "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ,,,,,,;*##
#@##*$;«,, WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ,,«;$*##@#
##*$$$;«,, RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ,,«;$$$*##
@#**;,,,,, COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ,,,,,;**#@
####*$;«,, PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS ,,«;$*####
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####*$;«,, FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ,,«;$*####
#@##*$;«,, RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ,,«;$*##@#
@#$;;«,,,, ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ,,,,«;;$#@
@###*$;«,, FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. ,,«;$*###@
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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 ,,,,,;***#
#@##*$;«,, - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ,,«;$*##@#
#@##*$;«,, ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ,,«;$*##@#
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