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.¨,¨§¨..§# to west, getting broader and deeper and ¤&¤..,£¨.@
@¨¨¨@£..¤¨ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just #.¨&,¨¤@,&
¨£¨,£¨£,&§ where the pine hands start to let ,£¨#§¨§,§@
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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 @..¨&§¤,§@
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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 &,£,¨¨@§£.
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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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