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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. &,&@¨.¨&#@
£¨,&,,,.¨¨ ¨,@¤¤,.§¨@
&¤¨¨@,,..¨ 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 .,.¤.§¤.,¨
@.¤&¨¨.&&& 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. &£,¨.,¤¨..
.,¨¨,£#¤.. §¤£,.¨¨¤.,
¨.¨¨.£.§£. = @,##,..¨#,
,.¨.,,.#&& ..¤¤£,¨,,£
¤.,¨,..§.@ 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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