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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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¤&#,@,,£@, 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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