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,§§.£¨&,#¨ pine arcades that were planted and £.&,&¨.¤.¤
.,@¨#.¤,&, forgotten. wild boars roaming £.@,£.@§,§
,¤#¨£,&.§, underneath, sniffing at the ground. it @,&.@,¨¤,#
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¨£¤,£¨¤,@¨ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just &.£¨§,¨&¨#
,,§¨§,@¨#, where the pine hands start to let #,¤¨#¨@@¨§
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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 &¨@,¤¨&#¨£
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¨.@.#¨#¨#¨ 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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.¤¤.§¨§.#¨ 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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.@#,§.§¨#¨ 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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