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&¨#,@..... to west, getting broader and deeper and £¨¨¤¨,£¨&¨
#&#&§¤,.¨, slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ££¨#@¨¤&£@
.,..,,@¨¨¨ where the pine hands start to let ¤¨@£¨@¤,.,
.....,£§¨¨ through light, horsemint on the rocky ,§&,&£,@¨,
,,,,,¨@,§¨ river bed. ¨§¨#&¨¤£&¨
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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 #,.§¨,,¨@#
#£,£#,§¨## bitten. ##.£¤.,¨@¨
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,¤¨@@,#.¨& ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an &,#£¤¨.¤@#
§§§¤¨£§£.& orange tin radio and a translucent ,#£,,£.£,,
&,¨,¤&..¤# umbrella which i'm sitting on. ¨¤¨#.£¤&@.
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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 §,,.,#&@£@
@¨¤@§¨..§. 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 ¨¨¨,#,&&§,
,£§.¨.#§¨. 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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