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&,@¨,&.¤¨£ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¨&.§¨§£.§,
&.@.#¤,¤¨@ where the pine hands start to let .¤¨¤¨¨£.§,
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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 ¨¤.#¨¨&,¤.
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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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§,&¨¤&¨@¨§ 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 .@.&,£&,§,
£¨&¨¤&,¤.# my pockets. ¨@.#..¤¨£,
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£,¤,¤§¨#,# then i run east toward my home. ,¤.§¨.§,£,
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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 ¨&,£,,@¨@.
#¨£,.§.#.@ 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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