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¤.§.¤.£.&, 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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£¨&,#,¤,@, 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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§¨&,§,&,§¨ clearing where you at first can spot §#.§,££¨@,
§,&.@,&¨¤¨ the house, not yet really in the ¨¤¨§¨¨&.£,
#.#.£,§,#, backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my #£¨&¨§£¨&.
¤¨£,¤.£¨&, 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 @§.#.£@,§.
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§,@,@¨@.¤, it's a statuette of a girl laying naked .&.&¨,§.@.
&¨¤.&.£¨#¨ on her stomach, feet in the air, @#¨£¨¤¤,£,
§,&.¤¨£¨&, 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 £#,&¨@§,§¨
#,£¨@,&,#¨ throw it away. ,¤¨§.,¤¨§.
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