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