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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. #.,&.¤§¨¨¨
,.§¨.#,#&. ,§,¨,¤¤&.,
¨.¨¤¨..£@¤ / .,¤,.#¨¤£¨
,¨..&.¨&¨§ ,,¨£,..££&
£,¨¨¨¤¨¨,# 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. ,¤§,.,§@§¨
¨.,&££¨.,, .£&¤,.£,§&
¤¨,@¨¤@¨,. then i run east toward my home. ,#¨§£..¨££
#@¨,¨#¤§¨. ,..#@£,.&.
£§§.¨¤.¤#¨ ; ,¨.¤,§§..,
¤,£&.¨,£@@ .,¨¨,£&£.¨
,,#@§,,@,£ 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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