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