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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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.-»††$¤#@# there's a river passing by, from east #@#¤$††»-.
.~-;=$#### to west, getting broader and deeper and ####$=;-~.
¨:=;†$&¶#@ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just @#¶&$†;=:¨
,-~/%%@@## 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. #@@§$§†~,,
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,^-:=%£¶## but now i'm further back, on solid ##¶£%=:-^,
¨.,¨¨:-%&£ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an £&%-:¨¨,.¨
,:~\%*¤@## orange tin radio and a translucent ##@¤*%\~:,
.,...:^$&£ umbrella which i'm sitting on. £&$^:...,.
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,:«=§¤¤@## somethings moving in the grass. it's ##@¤¤§=«:,
,^-\/;:*#@ invisible to my eyes but i can feel @#*:;/\-^,
¨¨..¨.~«%& through the ground just how large it is. &%«~.¨..¨¨
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¨--;=:§#@# the soil is muddy. i slip when trying #@#§:=;--¨
.:=††¤¤### to get up, still looking at the ###¤¤††=:.
¨,,-,.~†$# direction of sound rather than at my #$†~.,-,,¨
,.,.,.«%@¤ hands, who are busy putting things in ¤@%«.,.,.,
.-==%£@¶@# my pockets. #@¶@£%==-.
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,.~;$££¤&@ 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 ¤¤$%~-,¨¨.
¨,¨»-«§&£# clay figure i've never seen before. it #£&§«-»¨,¨
.,~*%£¤#@# must have been laying in the wet dirt, #@#¤£%*~,.
¨,»:*&£### and i must've picked it up with my ###£&*:»,¨
¨.=†%¤#@@# other belongings. #@@#¤%†=.¨
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,^«;§&#¶## it's a statuette of a girl laying naked ##¶#&§;«^,
¨,,:^%&%#@ on her stomach, feet in the air, @#%&%^:,,¨
..,¨,\&@## roughly seven centimeters long. it's ##@&\,¨,..
.,~«~/£££# freshly made, not yet completely dried. #£££/~«~,.
,^=;†$¤£## ##£¤$†;=^,
¨-~:*%£@## my mom is here now. i ask her for some ##@£%*:~-¨
.¨,.,»%#&# particle board for it to dry on, but #&#%»,.,¨.
¨¨..-*^££@ she is worried and wants me to @££^*-..¨¨
¨,»=%$@#@# throw it away. #@#@$%=»,¨
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