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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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#¨,.,¨&§&. : .,.,¨,,.¤£
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¤,£#¨..¨§. 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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