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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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.¨§¨@§,,§. there's a river passing by, from east .,.£¨,¨¨¨¨
.,.¨£&#..§ 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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#,,..¨¨,,¨ : .@¨¨¨£,¨..
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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. ....¨.#.,¨
,¨.,£.#£¨¨ ..¨¨¨,.£..
¨¨,¨¨.¤#£. 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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