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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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£..#¨&.£¨§ 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 #.@¨.#,&.#
#,,@,@¨¤¨£ 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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&.§#,£.@¨£ 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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&.@#,#¨@¨& 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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#¨.#¨@¨¤.§ 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 ¤¨@.£§¨¤¨¨
#¨#£.&,§,§ throw it away. ¤¨#..#¨¤,¤
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