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