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,§,&§,¨¨.¨ already soaked up all the sun. &,@£,¨,¨&.
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.¨,#¨.,@§@ where the pine hands start to let ¨@¤,,.£¤¤.
.¨¨,¤.,&,# through light, horsemint on the rocky .#§§¨¨§¨¤§
#.,,,¤¨¨.@ river bed. .#,&#¨,¨#@
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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 ¨¤¤#¨¨,¨&¨
¤££,,&,§£¨ umbrella which i'm sitting on. ,£¨££,.¨,¨
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,,..#.§#.. invisible to my eyes but i can feel ¨.¨¤,,.#§@
§,,¨,.£§£. 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 @,¨.¨.¨,#.
.,¨@£#.¨.. hands, who are busy putting things in ¤£,.¨,¨.,§
&,.£.§¤,¨. 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 ¨,.,¨.@#&.
¨...§§&.¨¨ other belongings. ,,,,,.£.&§
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§££,.,&¨&& on her stomach, feet in the air, .@§.,,.,.,
&¨&£.,..#@ 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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