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¨¨.,.,¨¨¨¨ forests around my childhood home. thick ¨¨¨¨,.,.¨¨
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,¨.,.¨¨,¨¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨¨,¨¨.,.¨,
=,¨¨,,,,¨¨ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¨¨,,,,¨¨,=
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¶£%†=«:¨¨, to west, getting broader and deeper and ,¨¨:«=†%£¶
##@$%:»^.¨ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¨.^»:%$@##
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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 ,..,,.¨¨..
,¨¨,.¨.¨.. 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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¨¨.,.¨.¨¨, 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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¶@¤§^~^.¨¨ particle board for it to dry on, but ¨¨.^~^§¤@¶
##&%†*-^,. she is worried and wants me to .,^-*†%&##
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