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.,..¨,¨,¨¨ pine arcades that were planted and .,¨§@,¨#,,
##§#&¤§¤@, forgotten. wild boars roaming #§...¨.¨¨¤
¤¤£§§£¤&,. underneath, sniffing at the ground. it @¨.@#££#.,
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..&@@&.¨,, 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 £&#¤,¨¤¤£.
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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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#&£&£§§##, 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 &#§@§#@§£&
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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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