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