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