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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. ¨¤¨#,£,.&.
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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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