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