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&§.@##,.¤§ already soaked up all the sun. .§¤@¨.¤,¨,
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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 ,,,¤.#,.,¤
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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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§&¨&¤,@&#¨ 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 #..£#,..,.
£¤§,@.¨.&. 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 @§£¤¨#§¤§£
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&,,.¨¨.£,# 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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