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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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£.§,.#.,@¨ 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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.#,.§.,.., 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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