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.¨,¨.&&¤@# pine arcades that were planted and ,..¤§..¨,¨
§£@#,,&¤@, forgotten. wild boars roaming .¤,,¨¨§@¤@
¤§#..¨,#.¨ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ,¨.##¨.&##
&¤..£@¨,.@ 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. £,¨¨¨@§.,@
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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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