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,¨¤#,§@&¤. pine arcades that were planted and ¨.,§¨,@¨,.
¨.£.&¤¨,.§ forgotten. wild boars roaming §..§¤,&@¨.
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,¨§.,£¤£.& 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. ,,§¨£§##&¤
£..£@,&.¨¨ .¨&§¤..¨¨,
&¤,&¨£@&,. 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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@&.&,¤@.¨. 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. ¨#.£&£.@&#
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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. §¨.@,§,.,,
.#¨&¤£§£., §#,¤&¤&¨.¨
.@£&¨¨,¨&¨ 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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