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#.#.¤,¤¨&, 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 .@,¤.¨&.&¨
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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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&¨£.#.#.#. 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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@,#.#¨£,§, invisible to my eyes but i can feel ,§.&..§,&.
£,@¨§,¤¨¤¨ 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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#,¤,¤¨§.§, it's a statuette of a girl laying naked .¤.@.@@,§¨
#¨§,§¨£,&. on her stomach, feet in the air, .#,@¨¨£¨£¨
&.§,@¨@.§¨ roughly seven centimeters long. it's ,¤,¤¨£§,&.
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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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