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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 §.¤¤.¨&,§,
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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. §,.@¨§#¨¤¨
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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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