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¤,¤,#.#¨§, 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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#,@,&.@¨@, 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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#,#,£¨#,£¨ 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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