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