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.¨¨:~;%¤§@ is dark and moist, the canopy having @§¤%;~:¨¨.
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¨,¨.~/%%@# to west, getting broader and deeper and #@%%/~.¨,¨
.¨,-;$@#@# slower as it goes. equisetum grow just #@#@$;-,¨.
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.¨^=/*¤£@# through light, horsemint on the rocky #@£¤*/=^¨.
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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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,,,,~:=§&# through the ground just how large it is. #&§=:~,,,,
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.¨^-=$§&@# to get up, still looking at the #@&§$=-^¨.
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..-\%¤&### my pockets. ###&¤%\-..
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,¨.:»^*§§# i am not followed, and slow down in the #§§*^»:.¨,
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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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,¨:~\^%&@# my mom is here now. i ask her for some #@&%^\~:¨,
.¨,,~^$&@@ particle board for it to dry on, but @@&$^~,,¨.
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.-»*^&@### throw it away. ###@&^*»-.
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