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