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,¨§&§#@#§¤ to west, getting broader and deeper and #,,¤£.¨,¨¨
@¨,@#£§#£@ 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. £,,..¨,¨.&
£#¤£&,¨@&& 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 &@#¤§¤@@§#
#@¤@£@§@&& hands, who are busy putting things in §##@@£§&§&
§#&&§&&¤#§ 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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¤#@&##@£¤§ 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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