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,¨#.&.#¨&, to west, getting broader and deeper and ¤¨¤§,§#¨&£
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.§£.@.¤,¤¨ they had been a swampworld with sylvan #,,£¨.¤,.§
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,@£.§.#¨#. bitten. ¤.¨&.¨&.,§
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,,@¨#.#.¤¨ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an #.£¤.&§¨§£
,§£,@.&,#. orange tin radio and a translucent §¨,@.¨§¨,§
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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 ¤¨¨§,.£,,¤
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¨¨@¨£¨£.£. radio (now dented) but also a small @.£@,£&,§§
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¨.¤,¤.£,¤, must have been laying in the wet dirt, £¨&&¨&£.£@
,#@¨¤.#.£. and i must've picked it up with my &.,#¨¨¤¨,@
¨.§¨£.£¨&. other belongings. @¨¤£,¤£.£#
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,&§¨£,¤,&, 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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