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£#,.¤.¤.§£ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ,¨,¨,¤¨&#¨
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.#¨¨#&§#&¤ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¤§¨.,..,§,
,£&,@.¨¨., where the pine hands start to let ¨.&¨¨.,¨@#
¤§¨§§§¨.,¨ through light, horsemint on the rocky ,,#£..¨¨§,
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.@¨¨¤£¨#§. they had been a swampworld with sylvan ,@£#¨&§&¨#
##@.§,§&¨¤ 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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.,£..£#§,§ 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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.#¨&.§¨,¨. 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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