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.§¨#,#.#¨& to west, getting broader and deeper and ,#.#¨&¨&.¤
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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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¨&.§¨£,£,§ 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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.§.§,&¨@.& the house, not yet really in the ¨£,¤¨§,#¨§
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,#,£.¤,£¨@ radio (now dented) but also a small ,£.§¨#,#,£
,@,@,&¨§,@ clay figure i've never seen before. it £#.¤,§,§,£
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,¤,£.£,#.£ 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 ¨¤,£,#,@¨#
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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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