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.£.¤.£,§¤, pine arcades that were planted and §.§¨§,.&¨#
.§,£¨#¨¨&, forgotten. wild boars roaming £¨¤.&,¤&.¤
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.£.§.&¨&£, already soaked up all the sun. ¤.#,¤¨.§,@
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,@.¤.&.,@¨ to west, getting broader and deeper and &.@¨#¨@&,#
.§,#.¤.#&, slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¤¨#.&..¤,§
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.¤.¤,@¨#£, through light, horsemint on the rocky &,¤¨#¨.&¨£
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¨§¨¤,@,#§, they had been a swampworld with sylvan &,§¨¤¨.@,¤
,&.§,&¨.§¨ water, stone rings and floating moss. £.@.#¨§¤.£
.£.&,&,£@, you could've found me wallowing around #¨#.@.,£.§
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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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,@,&,£,,¤. through the ground just how large it is. ¤.£.#¨¤@.#
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.£.#¨@¨§§. 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. @.#.#,£§¨£
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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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