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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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.£,,,,,.§§ to west, getting broader and deeper and ¨#,¨.£.&£,
.¨§,¨¨,,§, slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ,.¤¨.¨¨£¤@
§..¤,..¨¨¨ where the pine hands start to let ¨,.@¨,¨@¨#
#§,¨#..,,¨ 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. ,.¨.£¨,&..
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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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,¨.,.&,,#¨ through the ground just how large it is. &..,§§§.¨,
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¨,,¨.¨¨¨§. 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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¨..§¨¨#,&£ 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. ¨.¨,&,¤@¨¨
¨.§#&.,,#, ¨..¨,.@&&,
.,¤,@#,¨,¨ 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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