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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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