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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. ##,¨&¨.§,,
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¨..¤¨.,¨§¨ 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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£,¨.,@,§¤. to get up, still looking at the ,,,,£,¤¤,¨
,£..¨..¤@# direction of sound rather than at my .¨.¨..&¤¤.
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#¨,§.,¨¨¨@ 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 @¨¨.¨.,¨£¨
¤£§¨¨.¨.,¨ must have been laying in the wet dirt, ,&¨,..¨¨,¨
¤¨§§.,.¨.. and i must've picked it up with my ,,&..,...¨
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...,..@¤#¨ 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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