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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 ###&*%/=-.
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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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