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