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