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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. §¤#,¨§,.¤,
.,..¨§.#£¨ @.&@¨.¤¨,#
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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. @.£&¨,¨¨£,
.,¤¨@¤,,¤. .,£¤¤,...¤
£¨,¨£@§¨¨¤ then i run east toward my home. ,.§,&£,,¨,
¨¤,,¤¨&¤¨. ¨¨¨.¤&&¨¨.
,.#,.,§¤§, ; ,,¨¨#,&§.,
.¨¨&.¨&,&£ ,,.¨¨¨@#&,
,¨,¨¤¨.,£¤ 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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