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¤##£,.&£#@ pine arcades that were planted and &,,,¨£¨#.¨
&,.¨@,#.,¨ 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 ,.¨¨§#§&¨¨
,§§§¨.,¤@¨ 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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.,¤¤¨#¨£.# 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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§¨,@#&£¤¨¤ 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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