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