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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. .@.#£,,¨¨#
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¨&§@¨,¤,., 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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,¨.#¤@.¨.¤ 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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