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¨.¨£.@£¨¨, forests around my childhood home. thick ,¨,&¨¨,¨,§
§..,,&#£., 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 .£&.,§,¨¨&
£,,¨#¨...¨ 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. ,.,@.@¤,,,
£,¤£,¨£¨¨¨ £.,¨.§£@..
,,§¤&¨,#¨¨ 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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