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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 ,,,,¨.¨¨,,
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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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#£§@@&@&¤& 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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§§§£¤§£#£§ then i run east toward my home. §&&@§&§£¤#
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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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