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§¨,.¨§,¤,, to west, getting broader and deeper and #¨§¨,#,.¤&
&.¨,¤§£@,£ 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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#.¤£..,¨¨, direction of sound rather than at my ¨@,£§.,¨..
¤¤,&.¨,¨.¨ hands, who are busy putting things in £#¤,¤,¨¨.§
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.¨§,#,¨@£¨ the house, not yet really in the £¨£,¨¤,,&.
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&,,,§§&¤£. 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, ,@¤§.¨&#¨.
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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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