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