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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 @£¤.¨£#.,&
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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 ..¨§¤£,¨#.
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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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¤@¨¤@¤#.,& 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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