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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 .,@¨@.#&¨#
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¨¨¤..#,£.¨ 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. ,,¤,&¨@@¨£
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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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