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