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¤¨@¨@,¨@£§ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¤,¨&&§,¨,.
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£@#,#§.,,. water, stone rings and floating moss. @¤,&&,£.§£
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§¨¨@,,@£@£ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an &.&..,,.¨&
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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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§#&.§,.,.. 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 ,&.@,££,..
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