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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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