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