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,@@¨¨.#¤£, forgotten. wild boars roaming #¨¨.£@¤.,§
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..,£@#..&. 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. @.,&,&&,,,
§¨@£,¨¨£@£ ¤#,¨,@@#.,
,.@@¤.¨&,@ 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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#¤¤,,¤,§§. 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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