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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. ¤,#.@¨@.§,
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@.£¨¨£.&£, on the southern shores until i got £.§¨¤¨£¨§,
£.£¨¤@.,£, bitten. ¤,#,#¨&.&¨
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¤¨&¨¨@,#£, ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an &.@,£.#¨§.
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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 £.£.§.¤¨@.
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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 @.§,&¨¤.¤,
&¨&¨.@,¤¤, 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 @¨¤.@.#¨£,
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¤.£..#,@&. 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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