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§£¨...,.¨¨ 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. £.,,¨¤@¤#¤
¨§§¨...#§, ,¨@&¨.¤#&.
,,..&¤.¨¨, 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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#¤#¤@@§¤¤& backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ##@£§¤&£#£
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&#@¤&¤#£&# clay figure i've never seen before. it §¤§§&##£§#
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£&&#@££§&¤ and i must've picked it up with my ¤§#£¤&§#&@
@@#£§#£&&& other belongings. §¤£#@&@£§@
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#@#§@§@#£# it's a statuette of a girl laying naked ¤§£§§§¤#§@
@§¤@&#&##§ on her stomach, feet in the air, §&#&£&§@@§
@§§£¤§£@§¤ roughly seven centimeters long. it's #&@§§@§@@£
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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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