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