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§¨#¤¨£§.¨@ pine arcades that were planted and §§@£¨¨,@,§
#§.#£,&.§& forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨,,¤¨.&£@¨
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@.&£¨.¨¤.§ 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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,&&.§..,,¨ 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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@,£,¨,,¨£¨ invisible to my eyes but i can feel ¨,¨&§§..,¨
&§£¨.,.¤§¨ through the ground just how large it is. ¨.#,,§¨,.¤
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@¨¤¨¤¨.,,, 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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£.£¨,,##,, 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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