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