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