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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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&¨£.§¨.#,§ somethings moving in the grass. it's ¤¨&¨&¨#.§¨
&,@,£,@§.¤ 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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