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§£,.@£&&.¤ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¨&.£¨£§§,,
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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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&£¨§.@.¤,¨ 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 ¨..£¤¤@£,§
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¤¨,@¨,&§§# my pockets. .§£¨¨¨£¨§#
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@#¨¨,£#¨#§ backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my §,¨.§¨£¨.¨
,§,,¤,@@¨& radio (now dented) but also a small ¤.,§§&£¨.£
#§.#§¤.¤&& clay figure i've never seen before. it &.#,.,&,§£
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@,@¨@,#,£, and i must've picked it up with my ,,&¨£..@,.
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¨..¨,§,.&& 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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