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.£.¨.£&,¨¨ to west, getting broader and deeper and ¤§¨¤&..#¨@
¤¤¨¨¤,&¨.& slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ,£@,#.§@&§
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§,§££,,#¨, water, stone rings and floating moss. &,¤,¤,@&&.
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,¤,&£§¨#££ on the southern shores until i got ¨,,¨.@,§,.
§&#,.&§¨.. bitten. ,,¨¨£¤£@..
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£§@&,¨#,£¨ to get up, still looking at the ¨¨@,¤¨.¨,@
,,.&.#&¤¤. direction of sound rather than at my ¨@#&§,..£,
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¨§¨,@..#,. 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 §¨¨¨&#¤££,
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@¤§@.£.,@. roughly seven centimeters long. it's #¨¨§¤£§§,#
¨¨,¤§#¨#@, freshly made, not yet completely dried. @,#...¨&§,
¨,&¨,#¤.#. £¤¤,,.&¨&.
.§@.@¨#@#£ 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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