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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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#¨¤,@.§.§. there's a river passing by, from east ,£.#,£¨¤¨£
¤¨§,£,¤,&, 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. ,@.§.@,@¨@
¤,§,£¨§¨§. .#¨¤,£¨§.¨
§¨@,¤¨@.¤. 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. .£¨§¨@.¤.,
§¨§,#¨&.&, ,&.@,#.#¨¤
§¨§.¤,#,&. 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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¤,£.@.#.¤, i am not followed, and slow down in the ¨§.@¨£.¤¨,
¤.¤¨£¨£¨£¨ 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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