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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 @@.¨@¨¤.§¨
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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. #£¨¨@,£.@,
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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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