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,#¨¨¤.#.#¨ to west, getting broader and deeper and &,,¤¨@.@,@
,@.##.§¨§. slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¤¨¤&¨#,£.@
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.@,§#,&¨£. 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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,#.&#.#.&. but now i'm further back, on solid ¤¨§¤¨#¨§,§
¨£,,&.§.#¨ 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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.&,,§.£.£. 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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.&.@¤.@,§¨ 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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