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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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