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,.-=:=@£## slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ##£@=:=-.,
.--†*£@@@# where the pine hands start to let #@@@£*†--.
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¨,^»\%%&@# they had been a swampworld with sylvan #@&%%\»^,¨
.-«^$@¤£## water, stone rings and floating moss. ##£¤@$^«-.
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.,-~:*£@@@ but now i'm further back, on solid @@@£*:~-,.
,:»=*$§@@# ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an #@@§$*=»:,
.¨:«\%%&@# orange tin radio and a translucent #@&%%\«:¨.
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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 #@#§&†;=:.
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,^~\%£&@@# i am not followed, and slow down in the #@@&£%\~^,
¨,~«*%$¤#@ clearing where you at first can spot @#¤$%*«~,¨
.~~/†%&#@# the house, not yet really in the #@#&%†/~~.
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¨,,»/^&£## clay figure i've never seen before. it ##£&^/»,,¨
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,,-\%$££## other belongings. ##££$%\-,,
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,^-:=£§#@# 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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