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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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,#¨¨£¤&§§¨ 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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