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