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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. ,£,,¨#,@#¨
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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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.&#.#&,,¨§ 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 ,.&¨§&,¨#¨
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&¨¤¤¨¤,.¨, my pockets. &,@.,§&£@,
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.¨@,§.§.¤. the house, not yet really in the ..&£§,.@.,
¨.##££@§#¤ backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my .,@¨¨#,##¨
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#¨§£¨¨.¨¨. 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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