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.@£¨@¨§@.¤ pine arcades that were planted and &..¤.#¨¤¨¤
..&.&,¨§¨# forgotten. wild boars roaming #¨§£¨¤.§,¤
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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 §,.#,¤¨#.£
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,@&,£¨£§.§ 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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.¤@,@.&¤.£ 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. ¤,£¤,£¨#,@
,@&,§.§#,@ @¨,#¨#,£¨&
,¨£.@..£,# 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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