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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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..¨#§§,.¨, there's a river passing by, from east ¤.¨.,§¨&£,
¨,.@,&§,¨. 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. ,.§,£¤¨.#.
.,§¨£§.¨¨¨ #¨¨¨#¤£¨.#
¤.,.&¤§,¨, 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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££@,¨¤.,@, = ¨,.@,¤&¨¨¨
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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. &¤§.,¤,§§.
.,¨.,¤§£,¨ £.§£..¨£@@
£,.,¨#.@§¨ 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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