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##¶#$*^~,¨ SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ¨,~^*$#¶##
##¶#$*^~,¨ BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ¨,~^*$#¶##
##¶#$*^~,¨ THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ¨,~^*$#¶##
##*~~~,¨¨¨ IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ¨¨¨,~~~*##
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#¶$*~,,¨¨¨ EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ¨¨¨,,~*$¶#
¶###$*^~,¨ PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ¨,~^*$###¶
####$*^~,¨ MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ¨,~^*$####
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#*^^^^,¨¨¨ DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ¨¨¨,^^^^*#
##¶#$*^~,¨ SLIGHTLY WEIRD. ¨,~^*$#¶##
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#¶$$*~~¨¨¨ THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ¨¨¨~~*$$¶#
##$^,¨¨¨¨¨ MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ¨¨¨¨¨,^$##
#$^,¨¨¨¨¨¨ SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ¨¨¨¨¨¨,^$#
#¶$^^,,¨¨¨ OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ¨¨¨,,^^$¶#
#$*~~~~~,¨ AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ¨,~~~~~*$#
#$$$^,,¨¨¨ CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. ¨¨¨,,^$$$#
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##¶#$*^~,¨ "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ¨,~^*$#¶##
##¶#$*^~,¨ WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ¨,~^*$#¶##
####$*^~,¨ RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ¨,~^*$####
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#¶$$^^^~,¨ PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS ¨,~^^^$$¶#
¶¶$*^,¨¨¨¨ HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ¨¨¨¨,^*$¶¶
#*~,,¨¨¨¨¨ FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ¨¨¨¨¨,,~*#
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¶$***~¨¨¨¨ ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ¨¨¨¨~***$¶
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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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