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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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¨,¨@##§¨¨# 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. ¤..@@&#.,¨
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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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