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