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