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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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£¨£§,§,£,¨ = §¨¤¨,§,£,.
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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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&¨.&¨#,@.¤ 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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