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&¨@¨£¨@.§¨ pine arcades that were planted and #¨@.@,#&.,
§,&,@,£.§¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming ¤¨£,#,,@,&
#¨§.#.@¨¤, underneath, sniffing at the ground. it @.&¨@¨&&..
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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 §¨§,#¨£@.¨
&.&.£,£,#. 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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£.@¨£,&.£¨ 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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@,@.#,#.¤. 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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