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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 ¤,.£&¨@@.§
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¨¨¨#§,£¨¨# 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. ,@§.¨.&&¨@
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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. ¤@¨,¨.,@¤¨
@#,&&§,.&¨ .,¤,,¨¨#¨#
,,@&,.@.#& 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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,,.,£¨¨.¤. 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. .,,¨,¨§£@#
&@#.¤,.,¨# .,,¨,,£,.,
&¨.@¤£,¨,§ 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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