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