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