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¤¨§&¨..£¤@ pine arcades that were planted and ¨#¨.£¨#§..
,¨¤¤£,,@.# forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨,£.,.£@£¨
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#..¨¤£¤,,£ 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 @§&,..¨,¨.
.¨¤,¨,##¤. 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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£.,@,#§,,. 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. £&£¨¨@.&@¨
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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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