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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. @,@,§,§.¨&
,@,£@.&¨#¨ &.#,§,£,¤§
,#¨.§.&.#, 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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.@¨§@¨@,§, the riverbanks reek of magic. tonight &.@,@¨@¨&&
¨#.¨@¨§,§, 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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.£.@#,&¨&¨ ; &,#¨#¨¤,&£
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,¤.@#,¤,#, somethings moving in the grass. it's ¤.§¨¤¨§.£@
,§.,@¨§¨¤¨ 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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.@,§&¨#¨§. 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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