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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 ¨,£,&¨§,¤¤
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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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¨£.&.@¨.&, 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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