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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. &&.§,¨¤,¨£
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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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¨&£.&.#,@¨ \ .¤¨&,#&.§&
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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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