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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 .§¨.#,,£¨,
..,,&¨¨§.¨ 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. ¨.,¨£¤§..,
,,£,.&.¨¤¨ ¨¨,¨&¨&¤.,
,.¨&,.£¨.# 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. ,¨#.¨¨.,£.
,¨¨¨.,#&§¨ #¨,¤,.¨.¨@
£¨,.¨,¤,## 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. @,¨.¨#¨.£¨
¨.¨,,£..¨, ¨@.,¨¨§,.#
@¨,¨¨,#... 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. ,¤¤..¨,,@,
&£#¨¨£¨.¨, ,&@#¨.¨,¨¨
@,§£..@.¨, 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. £¨.,.&&£.,
...¨£¨¤£.¨ ¨&,,,£¨§&.
..,,.,#£§¨ 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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