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