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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. .¨¨@¨££¨¨.
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¨.¨¨,&,¤£, : ,¨.,¨§¨¤#¨
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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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