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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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#¨§#.¨,.#§ there's a river passing by, from east ,¤¤&#&&#¤@
@¤.¤,¨,&,£ 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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@£&.,&.§&& 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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,#¨@.¨.&.¨ 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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