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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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@¨.§@¨,.,¤ water, stone rings and floating moss. .,,#£,.,,¤
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&§£££¨¨.¨@ on the southern shores until i got ¨¨,@¤¨¨¨,@
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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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¤¤&££§£#@£ 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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