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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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