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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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&.¨&¤&#,.¤ to west, getting broader and deeper and ,..,¤&,.#&
¨,.¨&¤.,,, slower as it goes. equisetum grow just #&£¨¨,,,.@
.&@,.¨,#@¤ where the pine hands start to let §&¨,&¤#£¨,
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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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,.#..§@¨., 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 ¨,,,¨£#§,,
.¤§§&£.¨@¤ 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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