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§.,¤¨.§¤&¨ pine arcades that were planted and £#£@@#£...
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¤¨&.£.¤.,¤ already soaked up all the sun. ...&&£.,.§
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¨,¨..£¨¤&§ to west, getting broader and deeper and §¨¤#¨#§¨.¤
.,,,&#¤.¨# slower as it goes. equisetum grow just #£,£#,£¨¤&
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¤¨,¨£§££@¨ 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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¤¨.¤&.¨¨¤£ but now i'm further back, on solid §.§£#£§,,#
&,@¨#,,¤.£ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an #@.¨..@¨&,
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¨..¨#¤¨¨£, 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, £¨,&,,#§..
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,@£,##@&@§ other belongings. @§.&£##§#.
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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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