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