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