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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 #@¨¤.&¨¤.#
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,&,&.§,¨@, slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¨@,@.@,£.£
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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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,¤,¤,¤.,@, 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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