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