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.,£¤£#£@,. 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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§@@§§§£¤ 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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&¤@§&&¤@£# 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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