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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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