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,,,¨&¨¨.#. already soaked up all the sun. ,,¨,.,&.##
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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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¤&¤,§..@.§ but now i'm further back, on solid ¤¨¤¨£#.#,.
.¨@#&,@&§, ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an &¤#¤.§##,@
,#.,@@,,£. 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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¨&¨.§£.¨@. 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 ¤§¨¨#&£§¨¨
#¨¤¨¤,¨&,§ 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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