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¤.#¨£,¤.¤, slower as it goes. equisetum grow just .£,¤¨£¨£,,
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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 £§¨&¨§.@,#
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¤.@.#.@.§, ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an #§¨£,&.£.@
&.£.£.§,§, orange tin radio and a translucent ,§¨¤.§,£,,
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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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@,¤¨¤¨#¨@, 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 ,¤,£,@.¤¨,
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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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