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,.,¤¨.¨@§# slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¨.£¨¨£,¨¨.
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¨£,.§¨,.¨¨ water, stone rings and floating moss. @§&,,§¨,¨,
,,@..#¨,¨, you could've found me wallowing around §¨&¤,.&..,
...£¨¨§¨,, on the southern shores until i got ,¨£@#.,&.¨
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.#,.¨.¨#., ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ¨,¨¨¨.¤@&¨
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£,,§.¨..¨§ umbrella which i'm sitting on. £.¨..,¨,##
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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 @,...&,,,,
¨.@.¨¨..,, 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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.¨.¨#£#,,¤ 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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