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