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@#.¤&.,#.@ pine arcades that were planted and §,@.,,&,#.
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§,,,¨@£..¨ to west, getting broader and deeper and §£§§.¨¤#¤¨
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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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&#¨¨@@§@,& ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ¨£@&£¨¨@.@
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§.¤¨§.#@@@ 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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¤§,&&#¤..# clearing where you at first can spot ¤&£¨#&£,,,
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¤¨£,,£¤¤£# backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ¨@.#,##,¤¤
@@¤,§,¨,.¤ radio (now dented) but also a small §§@&#.&#¨.
¨,£§£,,.£. 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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¨@¤&.£¤.£, 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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