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,.¤,§#¨#,@ pine arcades that were planted and §¨&,#.@¨@#
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,#£..#,§,§ 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 @.#.@.#.&§
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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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.¨¤¨#&¨&.£ 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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,,#.£&.#.£ 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. &.#¨#,£.§¤
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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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