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