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&£.#.¤#.§, pine arcades that were planted and ,&,§¨¤.¤¤.
.#¨§.¨¤.&. forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨£.@,£¨,#,
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.@,&..#,@, 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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§¤,¤,£¤.&, 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 ¨¤,&.&¨#&¨
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¤¤¨&¨@@¨¤. 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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