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