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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 £,¨¨#..,#.
,¨.,#,,.., 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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,¨.¤¨..,@¤ 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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#.,..,¨,.¨ / .¨¨.,¨¨,¨.
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¨,.@.¨..¨. 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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