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