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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 .#,£.#,&&¨
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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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