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.:«/%$#@## pine arcades that were planted and ##@#$%/«:.
.,,-^†%#¶# forgotten. wild boars roaming #¶#%†^-,,.
.,,.~*%*## underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ##*%*~.,,.
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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 @#£^:»,¨¨¨
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¨.»\†*§#@# orange tin radio and a translucent #@#§*†\».¨
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,¨~»*$&&¶@ somethings moving in the grass. it's @¶&&$*»~¨,
.¨¨^=/$$£# invisible to my eyes but i can feel #£$$/=^¨¨.
,.~~:$§£#@ through the ground just how large it is. @#£§$:~~.,
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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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¨.-~/%&£¶@ 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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.¨.~=*$&#@ it's a statuette of a girl laying naked @#&$*=~.¨.
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,,~/§$££@# freshly made, not yet completely dried. #@££$§/~,,
¨..»^=@#£# #£#@=^»..¨
...--†*$@@ my mom is here now. i ask her for some @@$*†--...
,.,»†*@#@# particle board for it to dry on, but #@#@*†»,.,
.:-^=%#### she is worried and wants me to ####%=^-:.
,.^»^†¤#@# throw it away. #@#¤†^»^.,
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