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A peccary named Rete, living in the Guaraní territory near São Paulo, explains how colonizers began to arrive and bring stones that gradually filled the land, narrowing an ancient river and threatening plants and wildlife. Rete recounts the gradual loss of space as the stones “started swallowing up more and more space.” In the same area, a woman named Jera Rete dreams of the city invading her village, while an old woman speaks to her. The river itself is described as having a voice that can be heard if one listens.

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