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