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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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,£¤¨,¨¨@¨¨ = .,.¤@£.¨.&
,£¤£.,,,£, ¨¨,#,§¤.¨.
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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. ,£##..,,¨£
.&§¨¨¨¨#¨, ,£.#¤,,.,£
,£&@¨,,¨¤, then i run east toward my home. ¨¨¨@§£,,¨¨
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.,¨#£¤,,.. = £,¨.,¤¤#.,
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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. #§¨¨...£.#
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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. ,.,¨&#§,¨¨
...§,#¤¨.¨ .¨..§.##..
¨.,..@§@¨, 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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