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