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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 £##,.@¤¨,,
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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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.¨&&¨,¤¤¤¨ 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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¨,@§..£,&@ 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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