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.,¨¨,.¤,¨¨ already soaked up all the sun. ¨£@¤#&§#§#
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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 ¨,..#&¨¨,¨
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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 £#££¤&,,,.
@¨¨¨§¤..@. 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 ,.,,.,,,¨@
.,.,§££..¨ 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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