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..¨¤¨&#,,¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨..#.¨,#¤@
£.,.,§##.¨ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¤,.¨£,.£¨&
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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. ¨@#¨,.,&§@
§¨.¨,..£¨& ¨#&#.,,@¨#
@§,¨...¨.§ 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 ¤,,¤,&@.¨.
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