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.:~/*%£&£@ pine arcades that were planted and @£&£%*/~:.
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,.=**&@@@# to west, getting broader and deeper and #@@@&**=.,
¨-«/$%£##@ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just @##£%$/«-¨
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,,¨.¨^~††& they had been a swampworld with sylvan &††~^¨.¨,,
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,.~/*%¤¶## on the southern shores until i got ##¶¤%*/~.,
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,,~^$%§### orange tin radio and a translucent ###§%$^~,,
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,,,...~%#§ direction of sound rather than at my §#%~...,,,
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.,~\**¤@## my pockets. ##@¤**\~,.
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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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