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