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