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