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,£¤,£¨§,@, pine arcades that were planted and @.&,@,#&¨¤
,¨£¨#,&,¤. forgotten. wild boars roaming £,#¨&¨,¤.#
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.§§¨#¨&¨&, already soaked up all the sun. &.&¨@,§¤.¤
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..@.£.@,§¨ to west, getting broader and deeper and &.¤¨@¨.@¨§
.#£.£,&,@, slower as it goes. equisetum grow just £.@,&,&¤,#
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.#§.¤¨£,@¨ through light, horsemint on the rocky &,£.£.¤#,&
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.&#.#¨#,¤¨ they had been a swampworld with sylvan @¨§¨£¨@£,#
,,£.¤¨£,#. water, stone rings and floating moss. £¨£¨¤.¨@¨¤
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.,#.@¨@,¤. on the southern shores until i got #¨§.#.¨#.#
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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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,.§,£,¤.§, 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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