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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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