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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 ..#,,&¨&@.
..§.¤¤,.¨. already soaked up all the sun. ,.,#¨¨.&@§
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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 ¨.£§@¨¨.¨§
§¨¨§.§#.,¨ 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. £,¨£,¨#.,.
,¨¤¨¤&.¨,. §£,¨¤,.¤..
¨.¨¨§@#,¨, 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 ¨,¨,£&#,¨¤
§¨,¨,#@@¨. my pockets. §..¨&,&£.,
¨&¨.,¤¨&¤. ,£.,,.£&§,
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&@£¨,&,.¨¤ ¨.@,,@¨¨¨.
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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. ¨.#,££,,.,
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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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