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£§@.,&.¨.£ already soaked up all the sun. .,&¨#¤.¨,.
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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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@#¨..@.§§¨ 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, ,,.#£¤¨¨#.
¤&@¨,¨¨£¨¨ 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 .,¨¨¤§£.,£
@¨¨,.#@@¨¨ throw it away. ¤¨¨,£.§§,,
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