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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 §&¤¤,&...#
.¨#,&¨#.@. 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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¨,¨§&¤&@.. to get up, still looking at the .,@&£&¨,..
.¨#..,,#,. direction of sound rather than at my ,@,,.£.¨,,
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§,£¨¨@.¤,. 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. £&&,§§¨.¨#
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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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