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