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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 ¨§£§&§&¤§&
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§#£,¨£¤&§¨ through the ground just how large it is. &£¨..¨.¤§&
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¨,,,,,¤¤¨. to get up, still looking at the ¨.¨,,,&@.,
§£§£§¨¨.¨¨ direction of sound rather than at my &#&£§¨¨¨,&
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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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.¨..#§,,§¤ on her stomach, feet in the air, ,¨¤§¨¨.,¨.
§¤§..¨,¨,. roughly seven centimeters long. it's @,¨¨.&£&¤¤
¤§,,&¤¤&#@ freshly made, not yet completely dried. ¨,@@..@§#&
#..,.§£¤&, £..,,.¨@@#
¨.§§¨,¤#,. 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 §#¨,,.§#@§
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