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,,.¤¨¨,@@£ pine arcades that were planted and .¨,,¨&#@¨¨
,..,#.¨£.§ forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨.¨,¨£¨£#¨
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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 &¨.,,#..,.
,,.¤.#¤,¨. 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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¤#¨,.¤@¤¨¨ 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. #§.¨.¨¨#.,
¨@,¤¤¨,¨,@ ,@#.,,¨¨@.
,¨.§@§¨..£ 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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