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§.#¤,,¤¨¨, pine arcades that were planted and &@¨¨.£#£¨,
¨¨§@&,,£., 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. ,,,,#,,¨¨.
,£.§£,¨.,, £,¨¨.£,..¨
,,.§¤§,,,. 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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,,,§..¨.,# somethings moving in the grass. it's ,##,¨.@£&,
¨.¨¨#.¨¨¨, 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. ###,,&,.,.
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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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