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£.@,£,#,@, is dark and moist, the canopy having .,@¨£¨@¨&.
#¨¤,§,§,§, already soaked up all the sun. .#¤¨¤.£,£.
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¤.£.§¨@¨£. to west, getting broader and deeper and ,¨¤,@.#.#.
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£.#¨@¨§.&. 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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£¨§¨¤¨@.@. then i run east toward my home. ¨¨§¨¤,@.£.
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@,#.£,#¨¤. clearing where you at first can spot ,&§¨&.£.£¨
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@¨#¨@,&.#. 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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