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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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