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