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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 §..¨@,¨.@¤
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.#¨&£¤,@,¨ through light, horsemint on the rocky #,@.&.§¤§,
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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 ¨¨¨¤,.¤§.,
&,@¨§,@¤¨¤ orange tin radio and a translucent .¨§&¨§¨§.£
#§£¤§&,@£. umbrella which i'm sitting on. ¨£.£@£¤@§¨
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¤¨¤@...#¨. 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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.£,¤¨¤@¨.¤ 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 £@#¨£§£@&¤
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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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,£#¨&¤,#.. particle board for it to dry on, but .#,¨@#@¤£¨
#¨&§.@@£¨, she is worried and wants me to £¤,@,,..&.
#§¨§@.¨¤.. throw it away. ,&&¤,¨,§@&
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