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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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¨&¨&@.¨.,, .¤&¨¨.¤¤&.
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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. ¨.,.,#.#¤.
,¨§.&§,.¨& .¨...¨¨#§@
§¨.,£§@.,£ 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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.¨,¨¨@§¤,, somethings moving in the grass. it's ¤,,¨¤¨§§,¨
¨,,¨¨#,£&. 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. ..§¨.§¨¤£,
.¨.¨@&&.¨. ,.¨¤,.¨&¤§
&,,.§,¤£., 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. ..,£&¤,¨&,
@£@.,§¨,,. ,,¨§¨@@,¨,
@,#&¨,§.,. 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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