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