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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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.#¨..¨£.§§ there's a river passing by, from east #@¨,¨.£.,.
.¨@,¨.,¨#@ 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. ¨#§,¨.§.¤#
£,.§,&¤,¨. .#@&.,.¨@&
@£¨,,&¤@,¨ 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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