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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 #&¨¨.@¤.#¨
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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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.#¨,¨@¨.¨¨ 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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