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