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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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..,§§@&.., 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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¤£,¨#§&§#¨ 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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,.,¤§§.,.. 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 @@¤#£#¤§#£
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§££§&£#@&@ 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 #¤##§@¤#@#
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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 @§&&§@&¤¤£
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