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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. ¨.@,£§..,¤
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,@£@.,,,@§ then i run east toward my home. .§.¨¤,§@.,
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,.,@¤§,.¨¨ = .¨¨¤¨,£.§&
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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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