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§¨,¤£&&¤## to west, getting broader and deeper and ¤¤&,.¨.¤¤§
...¨£§§¤¤¤ 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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#§,¨¨,£&££ but now i'm further back, on solid &§&£#§,.,¨
,,,¤#.,¤## ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an .@¤£#,.¤§¨
¤¤¨,¨..¨¤¨ orange tin radio and a translucent ..#&¨¨¨..¨
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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 &@£§@§§@¤&
§¤&£@££§@# clay figure i've never seen before. it #&§&&§&£¤§
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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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