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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 .£¨¤.§§,#.
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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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¤,#.¤.£,&¨ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ,@.§..£¨&.
@.@,&¨§.#¨ orange tin radio and a translucent .¤,£¨#£,&,
#.#.@.#.#¨ umbrella which i'm sitting on. .§.£¨,#.&¨
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¤.¤.#¨@¨&, 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 ¨@,£.,§,¤¨
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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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