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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. ,¤¤@¨¨@,§#
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£¨@§,¨.¨,, 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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