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§&&¨¨#.¤£¨ to west, getting broader and deeper and .,¨#,§#.,¨
§.§§¨.,¤#¤ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¨,¨..@¤§,¨
.¨§¤§,.#,& where the pine hands start to let ,.,¨,§.#&,
,,§¨§¤¨,¨§ 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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,...,¨¨¨,§ but now i'm further back, on solid ,.£,.,¨#.,
.,.,¨..,.§ 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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,..,.,.§.# backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my @#..#.,,.&
¤,,,,¨,¨,§ 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 ..@,¤&.,@,
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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 #,#£.¨¨£§&
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