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