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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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&,§¨£,¤@¨£ 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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¤.@¨£.,@.@ invisible to my eyes but i can feel &.&.&.,#.¤
£.#.£,@§¨# through the ground just how large it is. §¨£.¤.@#,¨
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@,&,#,@¤¨@ 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. #¨£¨¤,@§,,
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§.§¨&.§¤.& then i run east toward my home. £¨@,£¨@£¨,
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£,&,#,¨&,# 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. §.#¨#.¨£¨@
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&¨¤,@..#.& 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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