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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. £,&£.,.¨,¤
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.¨.#£&.,,, on the southern shores until i got ¤£.#¤&¨¨,#
&.¨@.¨§¨¨. bitten. &,#@,.@,¨#
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,,.¨¤§¨#£¤ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an §¨.§¨¨,§£.
,¨,¨&.§¤¨¨ orange tin radio and a translucent ,@,§@¨¨¤¨§
¤,¨.&£&.&¨ umbrella which i'm sitting on. .@£§.¤,§#£
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.@,,£¨@£&¤ 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 ¨..¨#¤#¨#§
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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 ¤&@&,¤@£¨@
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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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