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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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