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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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§,£,&¨£¨#¨ there's a river passing by, from east .@,£§.&¨&.
&¨£,@.@,£¨ 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. &@¨¨@.§¨#.
£.&.@.§.#. ¨¤.&#¨@.§,
#,¤.§¨¤.£. 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. .§.##.£¨§¨
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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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