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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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