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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 ,¤,¨@¨&¨§.
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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 .#.@#.§,@.
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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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§,&,.¤,¤,£ 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. .&.,£¨@.£.
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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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