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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. ¨.§,,¨.¨§§
@§,,.¨@,¤# .,¨¤¨¨.,¤.
#&£¨,.¨.§# 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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.,.¨§¨#§¨. : ¨¨¨#.,¨.¨§
@¨,.¨,££#¨ £,¨.@.¨.¨¨
.¤,..¨&¨@@ somethings moving in the grass. it's #&¨,.§¨..,
..@¨¨,,¨@@ invisible to my eyes but i can feel ¤&&,.,£,¨.
¨¨,§,.¨.&. through the ground just how large it is. #¨¤¤..,#..
,¨,¨¤.¨.,, ,.§&¤..¨@.
¨,,,¨&¨¨¨, 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. §&..£¨§§,.
,£,&£,,&,¨ .§¤,..§¤£¨
.,.@&£¨.@. 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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