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