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,.,¨«=*£&@ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just @&£*=«¨,.,
.¨.~=^%£@£ where the pine hands start to let £@£%^=~.¨.
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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 §@:*^=^«,.
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.:~/%&£@## orange tin radio and a translucent ##@£&%/~:.
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.:~;†£#¶## through the ground just how large it is. ##¶#£†;~:.
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.^«††$§@## direction of sound rather than at my ##@§$††«^.
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..-†^££#@# my pockets. #@#££^†-..
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,-/$¤£¶### other belongings. ###¶£¤$/-,
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,,~;$§¤@## freshly made, not yet completely dried. ##@¤§$;~,,
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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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