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¤&,,&£¨.£¤ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just .#£,¨¤¨.¨,
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&,,.¨,,£@§ water, stone rings and floating moss. &.,,.¨¨¤#@
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,,.¤¤¨.¨,. on the southern shores until i got §..¤£¨,.¨¨
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.¨&#§&@&¤. orange tin radio and a translucent &£#§,..,£¤
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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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&#§..§§&.. 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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§¤@§§¨¨@@§ 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 .,¨§&¨.&¨.
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