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¤,#¨@,&.&@ pine arcades that were planted and §,¤,,§.#.¨
@.§.@¨£,¨¤ 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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§,&.&,#,&# 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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¤¨&.&¨@¨#¤ 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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