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§&¤£#@&&.¨ pine arcades that were planted and ¨¨¤&¨,£¨¨£
¤&#@#§@.,¤ forgotten. wild boars roaming ,¨..¨¨¨..,
,¤¤¤¤#,,,. underneath, sniffing at the ground. it #£§¤§§&§&.
,,§¤#¨¨¤&. is dark and moist, the canopy having ###££###¨,
£,,@,,,,.¨ already soaked up all the sun. §¤#¤§§&..&
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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 £#,,¨...¨¨
,¨&£.¨£&@& through light, horsemint on the rocky §¨.&¤##&§,
&¨,,¨,¨£&§ river bed. ¨¨¨.#@&¤¨¨
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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 ¨.@#,,¨,¤¨
,...¤&§¤,¨ bitten. §.,.¨¤#¨.¨
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¤¤.,.¨¨.,. but now i'm further back, on solid .,,¨,§¤.,£
¤¨.@@#£¤¤, 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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&&£&@£¤##¤ 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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£££##@§¤#@ on her stomach, feet in the air, ££§§@§@§££
£¤¤#£§£§&& roughly seven centimeters long. it's @@¤###£#£¤
#@§§@§@£&& freshly made, not yet completely dried. @@§##&@¤§&
&@#@&&¤¤§@ &¤#@£@@&&§
@#§&§@¤£££ 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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