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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. ¨,..,##@£¨
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££&&&££... on the southern shores until i got #§,,¨@¤,¨£
¨¨¨..,¨@¨. bitten. ¨.£..¤,&¨&
§..¨¨.,£@. §,&§,£¤¤¤#
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.&&¨.¨,#£§ 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. ¨,¨¨,#.¤¨#
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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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