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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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