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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 ¨#&.¨,¨#¨§
,.¨#.¤.¨,& 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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£¨¤,,,,¨¨¨ 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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