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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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¤¨&£¨£..#¨ somethings moving in the grass. it's ¨,§,#,@.¤¨
£¨.@,§¨@#. 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. ,¨§¨&¨#¨¤,
§,,¤¨§.@£, ¨@§¨§.¤,¤.
@¨&@.¤¨,¤, 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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