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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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£,£.§,§.£¨ £,,#¨¤,&¨,
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