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