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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. ¨&¨.£,,#,¨
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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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