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,@§¨¤¤,,£¤ pine arcades that were planted and ¨¨.&,#¨¨#¨
#¨&£,¤.#.¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming ,,§£@@,#&¨
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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 &.¤¤¨,,#¨,
.£¨¨§.#&£. 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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.¨@.,,@¨.¤ 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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