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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. ,#£§,§£#,,
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.¨§¨,.@,.# * £.£.§,£¤¨.
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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. ,,#.&¨§.§.
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¨.¨£§,#¨£, then i run east toward my home. #¨.¨,¨¨,#¤
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¤§¨#¨¨@,.. 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. ¨,£.¨¨..&§
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¨,¤.&@#,#. 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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