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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. .¤.¤¨£.,¤.
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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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¤.£,¤,¤¨#. 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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