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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 @#§..¨#§,#
,##.&&&.,£ 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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&,,@§#,¨&¤ to get up, still looking at the ¨,¨¨.@¤£,&
§,¤,.¤¨§,, direction of sound rather than at my ,,,.&,,@#¨
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.,&@.,¨#.¨ my pockets. ,¨§.£¤@&.,
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¨.£&¨,@&.. the house, not yet really in the ¨.¤,¨.¤&¨#
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&@&§§£§§.. 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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