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#,¤¨&§¨§¨# pine arcades that were planted and .&¨¤&.&,#.
@¨@..£.#.¤ forgotten. wild boars roaming .§.¨£,¤,#.
@.£.#§¨¤¨£ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ,@.#¤¨@,&.
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§¨#.#¤,&.£ 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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§¨£.£#.¤¨@ 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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