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¤##¤.,,£¤¤ 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 #¨¨£,.&.¤§
,§.¨§&,&#, 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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#¨,,¨@¤#,£ 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. #§¨,,.@¨@§
#,,¨,.£&¨, #.¤¨..¤@¤,
§#,..,§.£, 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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