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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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@,#&¨&¨,¤. 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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