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¨§.§¨#.@¨§ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just &,¤,@§,@¨¤
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.@,&.#,#,£ water, stone rings and floating moss. &.&,¨¤¨¤.#
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,§.¤¨£¨£¨£ on the southern shores until i got &,#.¨¤,£¨#
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,§¨#.¤.£¨& ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an &.#¨¨£.&.#
¨§¨@.§¨§.& orange tin radio and a translucent #,&.#£¨@.£
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.§.£.@.§¨§ to get up, still looking at the #.@.£§.§¨§
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,@¨&,§.£¨§ hands, who are busy putting things in ¤,&.§&.£¨@
,¤¨§¨§.§,# my pockets. #,£..¤¨#,#
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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 ¤.#¨#@,#.#
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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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¨¤¨#.@¨#,§ particle board for it to dry on, but ¤¨&¨,§.&.§
,#.¤,¤¨£,§ she is worried and wants me to #¨¤¨@§,¤.&
¨@¨&,£,#,@ throw it away. #¨§,,#¨@,§
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