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£,¨.@.,¨£& forgotten. wild boars roaming ¤¤,,#@§¨¨.
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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 ,&,.§.#.¤@
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#¤&¨@@¨&.& they had been a swampworld with sylvan @.¤¨¨¨,#¨.
#..##,§£¤& water, stone rings and floating moss. ¤£&@¨,,£§.
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,¨&@¤£¨#¨¨ 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 @.#,£,¨£#@
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.@.&.¨¨,&¤ 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, @,&¨,#§&@.
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¤@£#¨§¨¤¨£ 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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