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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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