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