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