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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. .,..¨,..&#
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&£¨¨.,,,#& 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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...,¨,¤@@§ the soil is muddy. i slip when trying #@§£#&..£§
¨£@@@,¨§££ to get up, still looking at the .§&&&.¨.¨¨
.,£¤,,..£# direction of sound rather than at my ¨¨£§¨¨@§§@
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£@##¨,¨¨§# my pockets. .¨£&§¤,¨¨,
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,¨.¨¨¨¨,,, then i run east toward my home. .,¨.,.,,¨¨
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&&£@#¤#&&§ 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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£@##£§§§¤¤ roughly seven centimeters long. it's #£@@££#@£&
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£§§£¤&#§@& particle board for it to dry on, but @¤&¤§@§¤@&
@#§###&&@§ she is worried and wants me to ¤@§@¤&£@£#
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