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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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