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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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#,§¨£,@¨£¨ 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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¤¨#.&¨§.§. 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 ,#,,£,§.§.
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