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.:-;$%¤£#£ pine arcades that were planted and £#£¤%$;-:.
.,-=^$£### forgotten. wild boars roaming ###£$^=-,.
,:«;§%¤¤§# underneath, sniffing at the ground. it #§¤¤%§;«:,
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,¨.,,¨^-%# to west, getting broader and deeper and #%-^¨,,.¨,
¨:~*§$##£# slower as it goes. equisetum grow just #£##$§*~:¨
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,.¨,.«\¤£# 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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¨,~/=¤&@£# to get up, still looking at the #£@&¤=/~,¨
¨:»/$@#### direction of sound rather than at my ####@$/»:¨
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,~-;†%£### my pockets. ###£%†;-~,
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,~»;^$#@@# then i run east toward my home. #@@#$^;»~,
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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, ###¶¤*^=:,
¨^-/^$@#@# and i must've picked it up with my #@#@$^/-^¨
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,~«\*§#@## 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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