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