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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 @¨§.@.§,£.
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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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¤..¤.§¨¤.& somethings moving in the grass. it's @¨¤,&,&¨§,
#.¤#.§,£.. 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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&,.@,£.¤¨# then i run east toward my home. @,£¨£¨£.£¨
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#,¨§.§.¤.# i am not followed, and slow down in the £,@.£.#.§.
§.¤&.£,#¨. 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. &.#¨#,¤¨#,
#,.§¨£,£,¤ &.§¨&¨¤¨#.
&¨&@.§¨¤¨. 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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