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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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¤.@,¨@,@¤¨ there's a river passing by, from east §¨§.&¨&,¤,
£,&.@#,.£¨ 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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¤.&,&#¨,§¨ somethings moving in the grass. it's ¤¨#.#.&.#¨
¤¨£,¨#.¤&, 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. £¨§,#.§,§,
@¨&..§,#¤, ¤.£¨#.¤,§,
#¨£¨@@¨¨¤. 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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