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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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£..¨&¨¨§¨. = ,¤.¤&.¨¨#¤
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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. .£,&§,..,@
.§¤¨,,#¤&¨ .,.@§#,,.¤
¨#£&¨.§.¤§ 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. ,,¤¨,,,¨..
,¨¨#,#£..¨ £,¨¤...,¨¨
.¨.¨,@£&¨¨ 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. .¤&¨¨£,¨¤¨
,.¨.,¨,¨,& ¨&@#,,£,,&
£..¨.,¨,,¨ then i run east toward my home. ¨&¨¤¤,.¤.,
¨£,¨,¨..,. ,.,&&@¨.@¨
,¨#,,...¨¨ / @.¨§,§¤¨,¤
#¨.&.,,.,. ,&,,¨§@#.¨
.£,,#..,¨. 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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