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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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