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