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