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..#,.@¨¨#, pine arcades that were planted and £.&.##.§¨§
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,¨@¨,@,¨#¨ already soaked up all the sun. @¨¤,&£¨¤.@
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.¨#¨,£.¨&, 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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.#¤,¤&.¤¤¨ 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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,.§¨.@.¨@¨ 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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.#@,##,¤@, it's a statuette of a girl laying naked ¤¨£.,#¨#¨¤
¨,@.¨£.,#. 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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