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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 .¨#&@¨¨@¨,
.,.¨¨¨&¨¤£ 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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§.£§¨,.@¤£ 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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