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