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