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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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,#¨&§¨¨@,. 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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