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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 §,.#¨£¨¤&,
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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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@¨¨,¤,.¨,. 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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.¨.@,...¤. 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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