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