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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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