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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 £.,,.¨,...
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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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..,§¨,.£.¨ = £&@.¨#,§§.
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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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