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£¨#,&@.¨§¨ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just #.§,@¨&¨¤.
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£.@¨&§..#¨ through light, horsemint on the rocky ¤¨&¨#¨#.¤.
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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 @,@.@.§,#,
@.@¨£§¨.§. orange tin radio and a translucent ¤,§,§.¤¨£,
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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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&.#¨¤@.,§¨ 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, £,#¨£.¤.£¨
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#.¤.§@.¨&. on her stomach, feet in the air, ¤.@,§,&¨§.
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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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