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&¤...¨,#,, pine arcades that were planted and ¨£.,#¨§,£&
¨.£,¨,,@§, forgotten. wild boars roaming ,£¤¨££§@&¨
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#.¤¨&,¨@£# 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. ¤¨§#@.¨&¨#
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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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¤,.&.,¨¨#, 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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&,,&#§&.£. 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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