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