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,,.#£&,,§. forgotten. wild boars roaming #¤.¨..@¤§.
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@#..¨¤,§£. already soaked up all the sun. .,#@¤,¨.&¨
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.¨@¤§,.¨.@ to west, getting broader and deeper and ¤¤,,¤,##.¨
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,.,,&@£¨,. 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. @&...@,¨,@
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.£#£..¤¨#§ 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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.,¨..,#£&. #,,,,#§£¨,
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.,.,¨...&# 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. &#,¨,&,¤#.
.¨@,.£¨¨,# §#§¨.,,@&&
&.,£¨¨¤,,, 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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