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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. §.¤.¤¨#,&,
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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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