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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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,¨@,,#.,,, 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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