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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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