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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. ¨§¨,,.#¤¤@
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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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