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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 ,@,#,¨..@.
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§¤¤.&¤.#@, water, stone rings and floating moss. §§@¤¨@,#§@
,.¤@.&@,£¨ you could've found me wallowing around ,,,§&@¤...
.#¨#§,¤§&¤ on the southern shores until i got ¨¨#,,¨£...
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¤¤¤.,£&@#§ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ,¨.¨,.##¨@
.¨@,§¨,,¨# orange tin radio and a translucent ¨,,,¨£¨¤¤,
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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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&¨.¤,&@¨,§ 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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#¤#&&.,.,. particle board for it to dry on, but ,&,@&,,@.§
.,..£¨,,¨, she is worried and wants me to £¤&¨£,&§&¨
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