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