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