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