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,,.@..¤¤.& they had been a swampworld with sylvan @&£¨#@¤,,¨
,¨¤#.¤¨§£& water, stone rings and floating moss. .,##.¨£¨,.
,#¨@@§@,¨, you could've found me wallowing around ,&,§.¤@,,.
££&...§.,§ on the southern shores until i got &§#@§,&...
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#¤¨,¨&,¤&& ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ¨&,§@¨¨&£.
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#¤,£¨,@.¤§ umbrella which i'm sitting on. ,,@¤&§@§.£
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,.¨,#§.,¤¨ direction of sound rather than at my ¨§@..£,,&§
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,¨£¤&¤¤¨,¤ my pockets. #@&@¨&&#@£
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¤@¨£,@£,,¤ backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ,@,,@,¨,££
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§,,,§¤&£.¨ clay figure i've never seen before. it ,¤£,§.££¨¨
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#¨&§..@@¤@ and i must've picked it up with my ¤§,.,£¤&#¨
#&,§,£¨,¨, other belongings. ,&.¨&,¨.§#
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§.,.@§,§.§ on her stomach, feet in the air, @,¤¤&£¨#.£
£.¨&¨&#£@£ roughly seven centimeters long. it's #&.,,&@&&,
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¤§§,§,,£§¨ particle board for it to dry on, but #.#@£&¨@£§
¨.¤@#,@.@¨ she is worried and wants me to @&...##,¨¨
.§.¨&#&§§, throw it away. .§¨,§,¤,,.
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