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