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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. ¨@,¤@¨¨,@,
,..¨¨.¨,#. ,..££¤,,¨¤
#,.¨¨,,.¨@ = ,¨.§¨&¤¨..
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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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