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,§.@.#.#,& forgotten. wild boars roaming §¨.@¨§¨&,@
,£¨¤,¤.£,£ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it £,££¨&,&,@
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¨¤¨#.#,@¨# already soaked up all the sun. £,¤§¨@,#.#
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¨¤,&,£¨£,& to west, getting broader and deeper and §,.¤.@¨@,£
,§,¤,#.#.@ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just #.§&¨£,¤,&
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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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,@.§,£¨&,§ 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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