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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 §¨¨.....@#
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&@¨¨§&.¨§£ 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. ¤.,§&¨¨¤§¨
@#..&¤&#@# ,.¨¨,,,.,,
¨¨¨..§&¤&, but now i'm further back, on solid ¨£##¤&@£¤¨
&@@@,,§&.. ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ,.&¤@§£#..
,¤§¨,.¨,., orange tin radio and a translucent &¨¨&£&¤..¨
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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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