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.^-*%$@### underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ###@$%*-^.
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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. ##@@%:~,¨.
,,~=§£#### you could've found me wallowing around ####£§=~,,
,¨:»*†*¶@# on the southern shores until i got #@¶*†*»:¨,
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.¨,..,«=^¤ but now i'm further back, on solid ¤^=«,..,¨.
.¨.¨.~***¶ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ¶***~.¨.¨.
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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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,¨..¨,==^§ on her stomach, feet in the air, §^==,¨..¨,
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,,¨^~^%¤£# 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 #¶§%:»-,.¨
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