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£.,.###§@¤ pine arcades that were planted and §.£#,@§¨#,
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.¨@,¨¤¤¤¨. already soaked up all the sun. ¨&@¨£#¨£#&
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.§¨@.&.¤,§ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ,§£,§.&§,.
.#@¤§¤&##& where the pine hands start to let .§¨¤£&@¨§.
,#.¨.¨,... 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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¨£.&¤#¨,#£ 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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#¤¨,.¨£¨#£ 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 ¨¤£..&,#£@
&£¨.@¤.¤@§ other belongings. ,@,§,§&§,¨
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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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£¤#..¨.¤&& 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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