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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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,¤,#&¨,¨¤£ 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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,¨.¤.&#,¨@ 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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