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¨£@¨#@#,,, .,¨¨..§.¨.
,¤#¨#.#£¨, ,,¨,,.¨&,¨
.&&.¨.¤@#. ¨¨,.¨.,.£¨
.§&¤..¤,£¤ ¨.¨..¨.,.#
.¤,£@¨¨¨§¤ statuette ,,¨¨,¨¨,,.
¨.,¤£@,,§¨ §¨¨,,..¨¨.
.¨.£¨§§¨,¨ §@£*$%£$£%&§£&&&-»~«»~=~§*§$$*%£%¤*£§@&£ ¨&.¨.,..,,
¨.,¨¨#@@.. £¤%*¤@¤&% ,¨§¨¨¨¨,..
¨,,¨.§.¤@¨ .,.£¨¨.¨,.
.¨..¨.,¤§# 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. ,,,,¤¨....
¨.¨,.¨.&,¤ #¨,,.#¨,¨,
.¨.,,,,¨.£ #§¨.,.@,¨¨
.,,,¨.¨¨,¤ ¤#@..¨¨£.,
¨,.,..,,., §,&#.,¨.@¨
,¨,¨,¨,..¨ ¨.§#@..¨¨&
§,,..¨¨.¨¨ .¨¤,&@,¨.,