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§@.§,&.#¨¨ already soaked up all the sun. ,@,,#.@.£¨
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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 ¨&¨&¤.@,&,
&@.@.§,&,¨ bitten. .§..§¨£.¤.
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.¤,&¨¤,#,@ 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 ¨#,#@,#,£¨
#¤.@,@,#.¨ hands, who are busy putting things in ,§¨¨§.§.§,
,¤¨@,@,§,@ my pockets. ¨@.§&.£,§.
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.@.§¨@,¤.§ then i run east toward my home. ¨£.&@.§¨@.
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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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.@,§,#,§.§ it's a statuette of a girl laying naked .¤.££.@,&,
§&,§¨@¨¤.¨ on her stomach, feet in the air, ¨@..#.§.@,
,§¨&¨&.&,£ roughly seven centimeters long. it's ,@,§£¨&¨&,
&¤,&¨§,¤., freshly made, not yet completely dried. ¨@,.§,@.&,
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,&.#,&.¤.@ particle board for it to dry on, but ,@,#§,&,@,
¤@,#,@.§.. she is worried and wants me to .@,.&¨§.§,
,§.@¨¤,&¨@ throw it away. ¨¤¨&§¨@¨£.
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