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