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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. #§§££¨...¨
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§£&§£§.¨,. on the southern shores until i got ,¤§,,..&£&
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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 £¤,¨¨¨&@@§
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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 ¤§,,¨¨,¨£,
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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 ,¨&&§#¨,.¨
,,&@@,.,¨, throw it away. #..@£,,@&@
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