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