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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 £.¤.£,£¨¤¨
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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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£¨£¨&.¤.£, somethings moving in the grass. it's &¨&¨#,@.@.
¤.§.¤¨#¨&¨ invisible to my eyes but i can feel ¤.§.¤,£,#,
£¨£.@¨@.&¨ through the ground just how large it is. @.#,¤¨§¨£,
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¤¨§¨§.#.¤¨ 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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§.¤.@.¤¨£. 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. ¤,§,§.§.#.
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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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