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£&§§¨§&&¨, pine arcades that were planted and ,£¨¨,¤££§¨
..,§£¨,£,. forgotten. wild boars roaming £&¨¨£,,,@#
¨.&.¤.@&¨# underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ,¤,&¤.¨£.¤
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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 §¤£@£¨#.,£
¨.¤¨,.£,¨¤ 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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¨,,@,&.§,@ 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. §¤§,@¨&,§,
.§.¤...¨., ¨¨§###§@#¤
&£§£.,.,,# 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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