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&£.¨§.,§#§ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just £§@&@&£#¤¤
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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 ,¨#¤&£#&¨.
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,,¨¨¨,,¨§& 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 #@¤£¤.¨#§#
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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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£¨.&#¨,¤@£ on her stomach, feet in the air, ,.¨¨¨¨§§¨¨
.,..¨,.¨#& roughly seven centimeters long. it's .£¤¤#,¨¨¨.
¤§#&§£#..§ freshly made, not yet completely dried. ¨.¤¤,,£#£#
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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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