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£,.£¨§,@.& slower as it goes. equisetum grow just @,.¤.¤¨#,&
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£¨#@,@,£¨& water, stone rings and floating moss. ¤,¤@,@¨@.¨
&¨,£,§,§.# you could've found me wallowing around ¤¨.¤,§¨£,£
¤,§§¨¤,§¨§ on the southern shores until i got ¤,¤¤¨#,¤..
§.¨&.£,#¨@ bitten. ¤¨¨£,&,¤.&
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#.§#¨#¨&¨& ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an @.#&¨@,@¨¨
¤¨,#.¤.@,# orange tin radio and a translucent ¤¨¨@.£,#.£
@¨£¤,#.#,& umbrella which i'm sitting on. @,@£¨&¨&.¨
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&¨¨£,¤¨@¨# invisible to my eyes but i can feel @¨¨¤,#¨¤.¤
&,#@¨@.£¨¤ through the ground just how large it is. &.@&.§.&,¨
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§,¤@.#¨£¨& the soil is muddy. i slip when trying ¤,¤&,#.£¨¨
¤¨¨§.¤.&.@ to get up, still looking at the #¨.§,§,£.¤
¤,##¨§¨#,@ direction of sound rather than at my ¤¨§£¨¤.@,¨
@¨,&¨#.&.@ hands, who are busy putting things in #,.¤¨¤,£.#
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@¨§£¨&.£¨@ the house, not yet really in the ¤,¤£,£¨¤.¨
@,,@¨&.¤.¤ backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my @,.@,§,£.@
#¨£@¨£¨#.¤ radio (now dented) but also a small @,£¤¨#¨¤¨¨
§,,§¨§¨£¨@ clay figure i've never seen before. it ¤¨,@¨¤,¤,£
&¨§¤,#.£¨# must have been laying in the wet dirt, ¤¨#¤,#,#¨¨
£,¨@.&¨#¨£ and i must've picked it up with my £,.¤,£.£,£
§,#£,&¨&,& other belongings. &¨¤£,#.@,,
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#¨#@,¤,¤,§ it's a statuette of a girl laying naked ¤.£§,@,&,,
#,.§.@.#.£ on her stomach, feet in the air, ¤,.£,§,¤.£
&.@#¨&.#¨& roughly seven centimeters long. it's §.#£,£¨#¨.
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£..&¨£,§,# my mom is here now. i ask her for some §,¨¤¨&,§,&
@.§¤,@,¤.& particle board for it to dry on, but #¨&&¨¤,&¨¨
@..@¨£.§¨§ she is worried and wants me to #¨,@,@,@.§
&¨&#¨§,&.¤ throw it away. £¨¤£,§¨@,¨
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