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,§.§¨.#.¤. pine arcades that were planted and ¤.&¨,&¨£.@
¨&,£,¤#,£, forgotten. wild boars roaming ¤¨@,£§.@.§
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,§¨£¨@£,&. 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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.@,§.¤#¨¤. 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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.@¨§,¨#.§. ¤,£.¨@,£.£
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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. &.#..&.§.#
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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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