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#,¤¨¨§¨#,¤ forgotten. wild boars roaming &,.£.@,.§¨
&,§,§£¨@.& underneath, sniffing at the ground. it #.£#¨@¨##.
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#,£,£¤¨¤.¤ 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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@¨§¨.&¨#,£ somethings moving in the grass. it's ¤¨.§¨#,¨£,
@,&.££.§,# 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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&,§,,@,&.@ 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. @..@,@..#.
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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 #,.¤¨¤..¤.
£.¤,#§¨¤,¤ 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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