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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 ¨#£§,...&§
§#¨.,,#.,¨ river bed. ,@¨§#.¨¨§¨
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&¨££,¨,¨£¨ : .¨.&¨§¤.,,
,,#§£¨,.¨# ..,¨¨§§§.¨
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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. ££..¨.¨.,,
,&.@#.,¨&¨ ,&¤.,¨¨,.¨
.¨¨£&@,,¨¨ 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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