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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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¨.¨,¨#¤§.¨ 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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,.,&&£.,&, 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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.¨..¨.¨¨¨£ = §.¨.£,,,,,
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,,¨¨.,¨,.¨ i am not followed, and slow down in the ,.#¨¨,¤..¨
.,¨¨,..¨., 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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