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