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