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&¨£,£.£¨£. to west, getting broader and deeper and .&¨@¨#¨.£,
§¨&,§.@¨@¨ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ,#.&¨&¨£#¨
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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 ,£.£.#.,#¨
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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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&,£.¤.&.§, 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 ¨£¨£¨&¨#£.
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£,&,§.&,§. 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 ,§¨&.§¨¤&.
&¨£,¤¨§¨@, other belongings. ¨£.§,@¨¨£.
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£.§,§.#¨&. it's a statuette of a girl laying naked ¨£.¤¨@,,@¨
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£.&.¤.&¨&¨ 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 .§¨¤¨&¨@¤.
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