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@,,.&@@..£ forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨,¨....&.£
¤¤¨,£,££,, underneath, sniffing at the ground. it @.¨..,¨,.@
,@¤,..¤#§¨ 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 ,¨§.,,,¨&¨
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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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,¨§¨,§.,,¨ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ,#..£¨.¨&,
¨.,§.¨£,¨¨ orange tin radio and a translucent ..&,,¤,¨¨@
£.¨,¤.,#.¨ umbrella which i'm sitting on. &¨,£.¨#.,¨
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.,§.¨,@,,. 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. ,.£&£..#,&
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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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