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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 ,¨¨@@¤¨..,
¨¨,,£§&¨¨§ 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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.¨,...#¨¤# somethings moving in the grass. it's .,¨§¤£.¨.¨
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.¨¨,,,,.&. 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. §£,,.#@&¨.
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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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