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