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¨,=\^*#££# equipment, sound stuff, synths, tape #££#*^\=,¨
¨,=\^*#£## players. pen and paper, books, cameras, ##£#*^\=,¨
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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 ##£#*^\=,¨
¨,=\^*#£## consider them friends as well. ##£#*^\=,¨
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¨¨¨¨==^^*£ meter area on the floor where i can £*^^==¨¨¨¨
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¨,=\^*#£## will not be affected by the nightly ##£#*^\=,¨
¨,=\^*#£## reset. everything else, however, is ##£#*^\=,¨
¨,=\^*#£## completely reset overnight: synth ##£#*^\=,¨
¨,=\^*#£## patches removed, food uneaten, wounds ##£#*^\=,¨
¨,=\^*#£## healed, and wherever and whenever i'd ##£#*^\=,¨
¨,=\^**### fall asleep i'd always wake up fully ###**^\=,¨
¨,=\^*#£## rested in my bed. sometimes there's ##£#*^\=,¨
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¨,=\^*#£## forgetting to put them in the square. ##£#*^\=,¨
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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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