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,:-/§$@@## to west, getting broader and deeper and ##@@$§/-:,
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..,.~†%¤#¶ water, stone rings and floating moss. ¶#¤%†~.,..
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,~~†*@£¶## then i run east toward my home. ##¶£@*†~~,
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