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£&.§¤£¤.¤§ pine arcades that were planted and ¨£¨#..§&¤.
,#¤¨¨.¤£¨, forgotten. wild boars roaming £#¤&,&,¨§£
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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 .&#§.#¨,¨.
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§,...¨,@¤. they had been a swampworld with sylvan £§#.£.£,@¨
#¨,.,¨§,§, water, stone rings and floating moss. ¨¨#¤§#§¤££
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#,¨.@,,.¨& on the southern shores until i got §&¨¨.¨.¨.¤
§,,@@..,§¤ bitten. ,£,¨...¨#¨
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...@.§§#¨# orange tin radio and a translucent ,£,,&¨¤.¤#
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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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&@,¨,.,¨£, 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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