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.,.,£¨@#.¨ 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. £,¨,..¤¨£¤
#..@,¨£¨¨¨ ££,.¨..¨@&
##.¨£,.&,¨ 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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¤,&@,¨§¨¨, 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 ,,,¨.,.¨.,
.¨#,§£.,,. throw it away. &..,.,..,,
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