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