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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. ###£¤*;=,.
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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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