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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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,,§@,£@¨¤¨ / #..£,¤,&¨,
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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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