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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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&.@,¤,£¨£, 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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