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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. &,¤¨§,,¤¨#
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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 ¤§.#@§¨#&@
.@&,.....# 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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