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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 ¨¨@¨,#¨.¤,
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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 ££§&§#¨¨£¤
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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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