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¨,¨-~\$@£@ pine arcades that were planted and @£@$\~-¨,¨
,¨,«*%$@@# forgotten. wild boars roaming #@@$%*«,¨,
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,.:«/=§&#@ is dark and moist, the canopy having @#&§=/«:.,
.,¨-~†§%§# already soaked up all the sun. #§%§†~-¨,.
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.:~=%£##@# there's a river passing by, from east #@##£%=~:.
,,^-^*£@## to west, getting broader and deeper and ##@£*^-^,,
,¨¨-=:*$¤@ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just @¤$*:=-¨¨,
¨¨^-=%£#¶# where the pine hands start to let #¶#£%=-^¨¨
,,«^†$£¶## through light, horsemint on the rocky ##¶£$†^«,,
.¨:~**%&£@ river bed. @£&%**~:¨.
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.¨,,»/$¤#@ 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 #@@$^/=,.¨
,¨¨,»=§§@# bitten. #@§§=»,¨¨,
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.^»=%£##@# but now i'm further back, on solid #@##£%=»^.
,.^~=%%#@@ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an @@#%%=~^.,
...,-:^¤§# orange tin radio and a translucent #§¤^:-,...
,,.-:%£¤## umbrella which i'm sitting on. ##¤£%:-.,,
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..~/**@¶## invisible to my eyes but i can feel ##¶@**/~..
.¨-=†%£### through the ground just how large it is. ###£%†=-¨.
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¨-=/%¤&@## to get up, still looking at the ##@&¤%/=-¨
,.,«†^$@¶@ direction of sound rather than at my @¶@$^†«,.,
¨¨,:=*$%@¶ hands, who are busy putting things in ¶@%$*=:,¨¨
¨.:«\$$&¶# my pockets. #¶&$$\«:.¨
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¨^=†^$&@@# backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my #@@&$^†=^¨
.¨:-;*%@¶# radio (now dented) but also a small #¶@%*;-:¨.
¨..,«†%&&@ clay figure i've never seen before. it @&&%†«,..¨
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.,»;=$£#@# and i must've picked it up with my #@#£$=;»,.
.¨^»;§@¤£# 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 #@&*;~~..,
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