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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. @,¨£,..,§¨
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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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¨,¨,,,.¨£. 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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