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