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#####=;=:¨ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ¨:=;=#####
####$=;=:¨ MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ¨:=;=$####
####$=;=:¨ BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE ¨:=;=$####
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####$=;=:¨ SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ¨:=;=$####
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####$=;=:¨ IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ¨:=;=$####
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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 ¨¨¨:;;==##
####$=;=:¨ DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ¨:=;=$####
###$;::¨¨¨ DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ¨¨¨::;$###
#=;;=¨¨¨¨¨ SLIGHTLY WEIRD. ¨¨¨¨¨=;;=#
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##$;;===:¨ DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND ¨:===;;$##
#$$;====:¨ WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ¨:====;$$#
##$;;;;=:¨ THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ¨:=;;;;$##
####$=;=:¨ MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ¨:=;=$####
####$=;=:¨ SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ¨:=;=$####
##$$==;=:¨ OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ¨:=;==$$##
####$=;=:¨ AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ¨:=;=$####
#$$$;=:¨¨¨ CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. ¨¨¨:=;$$$#
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####$=;=:¨ METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ¨:=;=$####
####$=;=:¨ "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ¨:=;=$####
####$=;=:¨ WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ¨:=;=$####
####$=;=:¨ RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ¨:=;=$####
####$=;=:¨ COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ¨:=;=$####
####$=;=:¨ PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS ¨:=;=$####
#####$;=:¨ HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ¨:=;$#####
###=;:¨¨¨¨ FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ¨¨¨¨:;=###
#==::::::¨ RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ¨::::::==#
####$=;=:¨ ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ¨:=;=$####
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#####=;=:¨ AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS ¨:=;=#####
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##=;=¨¨¨¨¨ THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ¨¨¨¨¨=;=##
###===:¨¨¨ IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ¨¨¨:===###
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###=;::¨¨¨ FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ¨¨¨::;=###
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###=;==:¨¨ ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ¨¨:==;=###
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