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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 ¨#,§.&@¨@¨
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¤,§,#¨@¨§¨ 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. &¤,&.¨&¨#,
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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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