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