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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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,,¨¨.,@¨.# @,&§¨,&¨.¨
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