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.¤¨£.#¨.§¨ 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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.@.&,#,.¤. 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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