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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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..,=^;:*£@ 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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..«=†&@@## 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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..,,,=†$§# through the ground just how large it is. #§$†=,,,..
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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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..,.,\††&@ then i run east toward my home. @&††\,.,..
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,,.¨~«\\@£ i am not followed, and slow down in the £@\\«~¨.,,
¨^~\$%@### 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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