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,§,¨¤..¤#, pine arcades that were planted and @&#£,¨£..¤
&§&¨¤£,@,§ forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨¨,¨£,@&¨¤
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&,¨£,§¤¨.. 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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.,¤¨#,.¤#§ 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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