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¨,¤¨.£&¨,¨ pine arcades that were planted and §,¨¨¨.¨.¨¨
#.,,..¨¨@¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming ,¨§&§£&£#£
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,..@&§¨.&@ 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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¨££&,¨§§.¨ 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. #¤&,¨¤&.,,
.,¨.,.¨,.& @¤.....¨£@
,#§§@§&&¨, 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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