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¤@,@#¨£,,¤ pine arcades that were planted and §&&.¨,@,##
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,,£,@¤.,## 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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,#¨.,&,#§¤ through light, horsemint on the rocky .@¨,@£#¨¨@
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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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§#@&,¨,@,@ 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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