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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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¤¨§,&¨¨§¨£ 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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