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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. /~:¨¨.,,..
.¨¨...:=^† †^=:...¨¨.
,.¨.,,«:*& 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. ,¨.¨.,.,¨.
,,,¨¨¨,.¨. .¨.,¨¨¨,,,
¨,,¨¨,,.., = ,..,,¨¨,,¨
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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. /«,.,¨,,,.
.¨¨..,,.,~ ~,.,,..¨¨.
,,..¨¨,.¨^ 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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