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,,&££,¨¤,. forgotten. wild boars roaming #¤,,.¨,§,,
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,,.,@#&.¨@ 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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¨¨#¨#&¨¨,. 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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£¤§¨,£,@#. 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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