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