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,.§¨.¨¨&§& pine arcades that were planted and ¨,,¨.&&&¨.
...£¨¨.§¨¤ forgotten. wild boars roaming £¨¨,,£,§#.
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&§¨,.,¤,,, 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 @,,..§,££,
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,,.#¤&¨,,¨ they had been a swampworld with sylvan £..,¤¨@#,,
..¨#¨§@.,¨ water, stone rings and floating moss. £¤,,.,§§£,
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¤,..,£.@£, on the southern shores until i got #,¤§..,,§#
¤&¨,..,§§# bitten. .¨¤¤§,,¨@¨
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,,§@#.¨,,¤ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an @@¨,&¨#§,.
.,£,#£.¨¨, orange tin radio and a translucent .¤#.,,##&¨
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,,&.#£,..¨ 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 ,,¨.¨§,.,,
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..¨¨@,,,.¨ 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 §¨.,,&£&¨,
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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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