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