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@,#@¨¨,@## pine arcades that were planted and ,.¨£§£,,¨.
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.¨.¨&§§.,@ is dark and moist, the canopy having .¨¨,¨§,¤£.
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,¤§£.,,¨@. 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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,§#.,,#&#, 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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¨,¨£§£¨,.. 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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