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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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.&.##¨£¨¤¨ ; &,£¨¤.#¨&¨
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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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