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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. ¤¨&¨#,§,§¨
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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. ¤¨£,£¨£.#¨
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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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