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.,~;%%&£## pine arcades that were planted and ##£&%%;~,.
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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 #&$==,....
,.~/*%&@## on the southern shores until i got ##@&%*/~.,
,-~=%@¤### bitten. ###¤@%=~-,
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¨¨:«†/¤%%# but now i'm further back, on solid #%%¤/†«:¨¨
.,»†%$## ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ###&$%†»,.
¨¨.¨..¨»†£ orange tin radio and a translucent £†»¨..¨.¨¨
.,-»«/§$%# umbrella which i'm sitting on. #%$§/«»-,.
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.¨,.†=*†@£ to get up, still looking at the £@†*=†.,¨.
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,,~*^§@£@¤ my pockets. ¤@£@§^*~,,
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,:«=*¤#### then i run east toward my home. ####¤*=«:,
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.,-†=@#@ clearing where you at first can spot @#@#&=†-,.
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,^»^%&&@## backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ##@&&%^»^,
¨.«\=¤&@## radio (now dented) but also a small ##@&¤=\«.¨
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..»†*$&¶@# roughly seven centimeters long. it's #@¶&$*†»..
,^»=$@@### freshly made, not yet completely dried. ###@@$=»^,
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¨¨.:~*£@¶# particle board for it to dry on, but #¶@£*~:.¨¨
,.»/*§&¶#@ she is worried and wants me to @#¶&§*/».,
,.-^%$#§@@ throw it away. @@§#$%^-.,
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