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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 &¨#.£¨.#¨@
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¨#¨£¨§¨§¤. slower as it goes. equisetum grow just §.@.§,.§.¤
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,¤¨¤¨¤,, through light, horsemint on the rocky #,@¨&¨,#¨§
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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. £¨£¨&,¤@.#
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,&,£,&¨¨&. then i run east toward my home. §¨@.#¨&@.£
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¨§,&,@,£§¨ 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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