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.¨¨&#¨&&¤# pine arcades that were planted and .,¤,&.¨§.¤
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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. .¨¤£@@@£#§
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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. ¨£¤@#@,,,#
,¤##&,¤,&@ ¤#,¨¨,£.¨@
¤#.,,£§§§¨ 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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