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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 ..£¨¨¨¨¨¤¤
§£.,¨¨,,#@ 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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¨@¤¨¨§,¨,. ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ..¨.£¤§.,¤
,§##.¨§,,¨ orange tin radio and a translucent ,...§¨##.¨
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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. ¤.#¤.¨,.¨,
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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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