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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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£&¨¤.&&.,# there's a river passing by, from east .&£¨&£.¨&.
¤,&¤@¤.§.# 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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¨#...@£§¨, = §¨££.#@¨£.
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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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¤¨#¨,@,#¨, 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. ¨¤#@,&.¨&&
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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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