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@¨#§¨,£¨@& 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 ###.¨.¨¤¨,
,¨¨§¨&§¨,¨ through light, horsemint on the rocky &,&¤¨,¨.£¨
.¨.¨¨&@#¨. river bed. ..£@#¨¨¨.£
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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. ,,&.,,.£¨,
,¨¨¨.,&#@¨ ¤¨¨&,,.¨¤¨
.¨,.,¨£,@¤ 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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&¨¨@,&#.¨¨ 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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