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