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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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,¤.@¨¤.&.§ there's a river passing by, from east §.¤¨&@¨@¨¤
.¤¨@,§,§.@ 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. ¤¨&,&#¨£,¤
,§,§,§.£¨# ¤.§.¨§,#,@
¨@¨£,&.¤.£ 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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.£¨#,&,¤¨# i am not followed, and slow down in the #.¤¨¨#¨#,@
,£.@,§¨&.¤ 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. @¨§,,§.@,@
¨&.&.&,¤.¤ &,&.§&¨£,£
¨§¨§,#,¤¨# 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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