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.,#@¨.£§¨, pine arcades that were planted and §£¤&§¨¨.,.
&.,¨.¨.,.¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming &@¤£.¨@&#§
..¤£#¤§§@¤ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it &#£¨,..¤#§
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££..§§¤&@. already soaked up all the sun. £,¨,¨,,¨,.
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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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£&¨,@@.¨¨¨ 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. ,¨¤@#§¨,¨,
¨@¤§#.,.,# ¨.¨&§.¨£§,
,,#§.,@@.¨ 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 ¨§¤.,¨.@¤,
¨.&&..,¨@§ 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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