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&#,¨&¨.£.. to west, getting broader and deeper and §.,,¤&#,¨¨
@¨@,@£,£@, slower as it goes. equisetum grow just @@,,#¨¨¤¨,
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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. .,.£§@¨§@¤
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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 £§@¨¤#¨...
&,£,£@&§¤§ 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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££,,,&@£,# 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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#¨¨@..£.¨¨ clearing where you at first can spot £,,.¤#@#&£
.§,§#,&#,¨ 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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£¤,,.£¤.£# 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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