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