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