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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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@,.§.¤¨§,§ somethings moving in the grass. it's &,§..§,§¨,
¤.#¤.£,@,¨ 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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§..¤¨@,#.@ 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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