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