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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. ¨@.¨¨¤.@#.
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¨£¤¨..@#¤. 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. ,,¨@,¨¨£.,
..,¨¨¨#¨¨. ¨,¨.£.¨,@¨
¨..¨¨,,@., \ ¨,.¨.@.¨,@
@¨,¨,.¨¨£, ¨¨,¨,.&,¨¨
.¤.,¨,,,¨¤ 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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