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£..£¨¤¤.¨. is dark and moist, the canopy having &,,..¨.¤,#
&@.¨.§##,¨ already soaked up all the sun. #&..¨¨,¨,£
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.&,££,.£.# to west, getting broader and deeper and .,££§..¨,¨
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¨...¨§&&¨¨ through light, horsemint on the rocky ,#¨,§,£¤¨¨
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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 ...¨§&&,.£
.££&¨,@.¨¨ 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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..@¨¤§,¨¨£ 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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#,§¤¨.,§§§ 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 .¨....,¨,.
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¨¨¨.,.&.§¤ and i must've picked it up with my #&¨.¨.¨,¨.
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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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