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,£,£,.¤,¤, pine arcades that were planted and £,@,@.¤..§
.#¨¤,#¤,@. forgotten. wild boars roaming §¨@,@.@¨§¤
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,#.¤.¤¤.£. 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 &¨@¨#¨¤,.@
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¨&,¤,,&¨@, they had been a swampworld with sylvan £.#¨@¨£,¨#
,£.@¨&#.@, water, stone rings and floating moss. @,#.&,§,#@
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,&.#¨£&,@. on the southern shores until i got #,@,¤,#.£¤
.§,§,¨#,§, bitten. ¤¨&¨£,@.,£
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.£,§¨#§,@¨ 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 &¨§,§¨¤.@£
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.§¨@¨£§,§, my pockets. #,¤,¤¨¤.#@
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,&,@¨¤£,&. then i run east toward my home. £,§.§.@¨&§
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.@¨@¨#§,@¨ 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. &,@,#.&,@§
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.§¨§,@§.&. 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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