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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. ¤.£&¨,&£¨,
.@¨&¨¨§¨&. &&£.£,£,#¨
¨¤£&&.&£¤@ 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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¤@&&¤,¨¨¤@ somethings moving in the grass. it's @¤,§@§.@.@
.¨,¨.#¨.&. invisible to my eyes but i can feel ,,§@¨¨§&@#
&,,.¨§¤.¤£ through the ground just how large it is. ¨.¤.£¨§,¨,
§#..,&.#£, §¨£¤¤¤§&..
¤¨&.,&#§,# 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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¨¨@..@.£¤& † ,§¤#£&¤.¨§
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,&@,#£,¨@¨ i am not followed, and slow down in the @¤§.¨¨.#&@
£@,¤#,#.§§ 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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