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