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