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¨.,@¤¨¨£&@ already soaked up all the sun. £@&¤£#§&§,
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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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&§&¤&¤¨.¤@ 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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¤¨.¨¨..££¨ but now i'm further back, on solid ¤§##,¨£§@#
¨¨&##&,¨¨¨ 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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.¨,¨¤££@., 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 £¤£###¤#§§
&£§&¤£¤§&¤ 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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