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