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&@&.¨££§¨. underneath, sniffing at the ground. it £¤¨,§§¤§,¨
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,&£#§¨@£@, 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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,.¨¨¨£§.@£ 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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¤§#¨,£.,¨, 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 ¨§#¨¤#.#.£
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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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