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