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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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§¨#,&.§,¤# 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. .#,#,¤¨££¨
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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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