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£§§£¨@.¤¨£ already soaked up all the sun. ¨,,¤@§#¤@¨
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#@#.&&,,,, to west, getting broader and deeper and &,,&.&,..@
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@¨,#.@££.. where the pine hands start to let #¨#§¨..¤.@
.£,§@&.,£¨ through light, horsemint on the rocky ,¤#¨@,¨#§¤
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.§§¨..@§¨¨ they had been a swampworld with sylvan ,¤&.¤£¨¨#.
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§¤¤£#,£¤@# you could've found me wallowing around §#§¤.£@@&.
£¨¨¨.@£¨., 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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@¨,..£,,¨. 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 &@¤@¨£,¤¤.
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.£&##&&§.# 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 &¤#&,..,,£
¨.¨¤§¨¤¨&, 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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