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..&.£¨£.¤, already soaked up all the sun. ¨&¨§&¨&,¤@
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,@¤,&¨£¨§. to west, getting broader and deeper and ¤§..#¨#¨¨¤
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¨¨@,§,&¨&, they had been a swampworld with sylvan .@,§£¨¤.£§
¨#&.§.#.@¨ water, stone rings and floating moss. £@,,@,#.¨@
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.£&.£.#.§¨ 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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.&&¨@¨&,¤. through the ground just how large it is. ¤¤.,¤¨#..&
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,@&¨@¨&¨@¨ my pockets. @#¨,§,£,.&
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..§,¤,&.@¨ clearing where you at first can spot .¤.£¤,&,¤§
¨@&.£.@.&¨ 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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.,¤,¤,§,§. on her stomach, feet in the air, ¨&,@@¨@¨¤§
,§@¨&¨¤,§, roughly seven centimeters long. it's ££¨¨§,£.,£
.,&.¤,#.£¨ freshly made, not yet completely dried. ,¤¨¤£¨¤¨&@
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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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