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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. £.¤.&.,@¨£
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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 #.@,#,¤¤.£
,£,¤,&¨&,§ 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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