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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 ,#¨&#,@.¤.
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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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£&¨,§,£@.@ somethings moving in the grass. it's ,¤¨§¤¨§¨#,
.@.¤&¨.¤.& 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 @&¨.£,&.&.
#£¨,#,££.§ 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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