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&&,&§¨¨,,. already soaked up all the sun. ##¨£,£§¨¨§
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,#&£¤¨¨£¨¨ to west, getting broader and deeper and ¨.##..#,.¨
,§¨¨.@.#@, slower as it goes. equisetum grow just §.@,#¨&@..
,&#¨.&#@¨& where the pine hands start to let .§¤¤&¤#.#¨
,&,&¨¤..&£ through light, horsemint on the rocky ¨#.¨,¨,#£#
@¤§£#£#¨§, river bed. &¤£¨,,.&,¨
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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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&£#,@.#@,, orange tin radio and a translucent ¤@¨...&,¤#
,.,££&#¨£. umbrella which i'm sitting on. .¨§.¨,§&@¨
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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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.¨£,,#§,¨, = £@¤@£@£.&.
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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 &..,.#&.@¤
£,§,¤¨£@,. other belongings. &@¨,.@¨£¤¨
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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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