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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 §.@¨#,¤,§,
§.§.@¨@.¤¨ 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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£.&,§¨§.£, i am not followed, and slow down in the ¤¨§¨&,£,@¨
@,&¨#,£.£. 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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