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@,,,,&#@@§ forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨¨.£§£#..&
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.,¤@#¤.¨.. already soaked up all the sun. ..#@&@¨¨#£
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@¨¨&&@§,., to west, getting broader and deeper and §£&&§.,##@
¨¨,,§@.,#£ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just §@§&¨,¨¨§&
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.¨¨.¤¤@@¨, through light, horsemint on the rocky @§,¨¨¨..¤¤
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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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§¤#@&§&&#@ 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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