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