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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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#@¨#¤&.£¨& somethings moving in the grass. it's ¨#¨£¨&¤§@#
¨@§.,@¤&&¨ 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. &¨§&..£¨¨.
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@§£#£¤§&£¨ 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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