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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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