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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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.¨¤£¤,,@.& / ££§¨¨@,§§¨
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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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