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