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