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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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