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@§&.,..,,¤ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it .¨.,,,,.¨¨
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¨¨¨.¨&§.¨¨ 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. ¤,,&#,,@¤£
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¨#£§§.,.,¨ 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 £¨.&@¤¨.@§
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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 ¨,@£#¤..&§
.@§&¨.££§£ throw it away. ..¨@¤.¨¨¨,
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