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§¨£,¤.§.&. pine arcades that were planted and .¤¤.¤.§,§.
#,&,#.@,¤. forgotten. wild boars roaming ,.#¨@.£.#.
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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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£¨@¨§¨£.#. 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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§,@,£¨&.§. 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. ,,§,§,@¨¤,
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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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