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&¨@¨¤.&¨¤¨ pine arcades that were planted and ,#,#,£,@&,
§,¤,£.&¨§¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming §#.§.@,¨@,
&.£.§¨@¨§, 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 .£.#¨@.££¨
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#.@.§.£.#¨ 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. &@.§,£,.§,
&,&.#¨¤.§¨ ¨§.£.#¨§@.
@¨£¨¤,&¨¤, 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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