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@,§.£,§¨£, already soaked up all the sun. ,@,¤#¨#,£.
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§¨§,¤.@,§, slower as it goes. equisetum grow just .£,&£,§.§¨
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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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&¨£.#,#¨@¨ 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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§,£.#.@,@, 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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£¨#¨&,£¨@. it's a statuette of a girl laying naked .&.¨£¨£,@¨
§,@,¤¨@,£. on her stomach, feet in the air, .¤.¤@.£¨§¨
£,§.@.#¨¤, roughly seven centimeters long. it's ,#.,£,§.¤¨
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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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