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§,,&¤#&§§@ already soaked up all the sun. ££§§,,,¨¤#
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¨.¨,,.@,.¨ to west, getting broader and deeper and ¨,¨@&@&£§£
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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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¨,¨.&&¨¨£¤ 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 §@¨..¨@§£.
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¤@£§&#&@£@ particle board for it to dry on, but #§@¤&#£¤¤¤
¤@@£&¤¤&#@ she is worried and wants me to #&@&@¤@&@£
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