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@@¨¨.&#@,¨ pine arcades that were planted and ,.,,¤.,¨&.
@##.¨&¨££¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨¨.,,&.¨,.
#¨#£¨,.&@# underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¤.,,¨,@¨¨,
¨¨¤@@.,¤.# 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. &£.,.,,@,,
.,¤§§¨.,¨. ¤¤£.,.¨¨§¨
.¨§,&¤¨,,, then i run east toward my home. @,&£.,,,,§
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..¨£,,@,#¤ i am not followed, and slow down in the ¨.¨.£.¤¤.¨
¨...&,,¨£§ 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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