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