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