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