,¨§¨,£&¨§@ ¨@¨§£.,@,¤
,#§¨&,@..§ ¨§,¨&.@#,&
..¤.£¨&¨¤¤ ¨¤,&§.¨£,§
¨£&,@.£¨¨£ ,#,¨£.#¤¨@
,.#¨¤.§¨££ ,§.§@,.§¨&
.&&.£,¤..# statuette .&,¨&¨§£¨£
¨.¤,&,@.£& .£.&£.¨#¨#
.##¨&,§,¨& @%§@£%¤&§*%%&%**«==-~«~»§§%$&§@§$¤$@%&*¤ .@.¨¤,@¤¨§
¨,&.£.§¨§£ %£&%%£$*§ ,#¨¤£.¨£,#
,¤@,¤¨@.¨§ .¤¨,§.§&¨¤
,¨&.@,@.£# 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. .¤,¨&.&§.#
¨,&.¤¨@,££ ¨#¨#@..¤,¤
.&¤,§.¤,.£ 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. ,¤.&&¨.§,£
,££,#.&,.¤ .§¨¨£¨£§,#
,,#,#.£,§# ; ,¤.¤¤..£¨¤
,@§¨#.§,¨@ ,¤.,@¨@§,&
,¨@.£¨#,#§ 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. ,&.&£.¨&,#
,@§¨@.£.¨§ .&.,¤.§¤,@
,¨&,#,£.#@ = ¨§,@@.¨£.#
,@§,¤.&,,§ ¨#,.£.§¤,&
,¨@.@¨£¨§¤ 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. .§,#£,¨§¨£
.##.#,§..£ ¨&.¨#¨#£,#
,.§¨@¨@¨¤@ : ,£¨£¤,,#.@
,§£.#,#,¨# ¨@,.@¨&¤¨#
.,#,¤,¤¨¤# 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. ,@¨&@¨¨£,#
¨£@,#¨£.¨# ,§¨¨@,&§,¤
¨,&,#¨¤.#& ,&,@£.,@.#
¨&¤¨§¨¤..§ ¨&.,£,§¤,¤
¨.@.¤,&,&£ .¤.&@¨.&,@
¨£§.£,#..£ ,¤,,#.&§,&
.,£¨@.£¨§# .¤,#¤¨,§,¤