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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 .§¨§,¨#,.,
¤.¨£,¨##.. 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. ¨¨£§£¤..@,
,&..,@¨..¤ ¨#.¨,&.§¤¨
#&,.¤£¨¨§¨ 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. #,.¨¨##,§.
¤#¨£@,¤¤£. §,¨,#,###§
,@&.@£.¨&§ 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. .§,@§¤¨&&.
£&@,¨&¨#§§ £§@¨¨&@,&¤
,.£,&&@.,¨ then i run east toward my home. .,§¨#,&#.¨
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£.¨§,¤#¨.¨ = £..,.&¤#,,
§,@¤£,@.,£ ¤¨..&..@,&
&@¨¨¤#¤.#¤ i am not followed, and slow down in the #..§@¨@£§.
¨@¨¤¨¨#¤.¤ 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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