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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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,¨¨¨§¨@&,, 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. @¨,..#.,,¤
¤¨¨,,,@§&. ,&,,,,§¨,,
,&¨¨¨,£.#@ 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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¨.,#.¨.¤.¨ .,#,@¤..#,
¨...@...¤, somethings moving in the grass. it's .¨¨¨£@@..&
¤¨¨,.§.,,£ invisible to my eyes but i can feel .¨..@,§¤.,
¨@.¨,,§,.¨ through the ground just how large it is. #¨,.¨.&£§¨
.,@¨,..¤¨, .&¨,.,#¨¤&
§..£,,..¤, 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. .,¨§¨.§,,.
.¨#,££,,£¨ £,¨,¤,,¤¨¨
.¨.¨¤££¨.£ 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. ¨.&.¨.,¤,#
§&¨,¤¨¨,£, #¨.@¨,..¨£
¨@&¨¨§¨,.@ it's a statuette of a girl laying naked £@,¨¤¨¨,¨#
.&§#..£¨,¨ 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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