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