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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 .¤...#&@£.
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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 ..¨§£.,¤§.
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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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#§£¨£§¨,,. 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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#,¨¨¤#¨,.. 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. ¤§,£¨¨,@¨&
£,,&¨¨¨§§, .&@¤,.&¤£&
@¨¤¤¨¨#¨¤. it's a statuette of a girl laying naked ¤..&.£,¨,.
¤£,@.&¤£&£ 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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