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.£#¨,¤@&&, 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. #&£#,,§@¤&
,,¨&£,,#¤. 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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,¨@¤.,¤§&§ 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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.§¤¤@,.£@. backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my &@¤¨,&§§#.
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§...¨&§££¨ 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 ¨¨,#&.¨.,§
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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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§¤¤§¨.,¨#@ particle board for it to dry on, but ,,,¨£@§£@@
&&§¨,¤@.,¨ she is worried and wants me to #&@..£§&@@
@&,..,¨¨£& throw it away. §#.¨..#£@#
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