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