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