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@&¤¤.¨,&§. pine arcades that were planted and ¤,@,£,#¨&,
.,¨£.¨¤¨¤, forgotten. wild boars roaming @#¤&¤¤@§££
..##¨¤§&@& underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¨.¨.¨..,,&
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£#§¨§¨..&@ 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 ,£,,£@,£#¨
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¨#,§@§¨@,& = ¤¨,,¤¤¨£§@
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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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,,#.£@&¤,§ : ¨.§@£¨.,¤.
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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. ,¨¨.#¨¤&#@
£&¤££¨¨¨,# ..,#£&,,¨.
,.¨.#,,,£, 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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