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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. &£££¨@.@¤#
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&@§¤¨#,¨¨¤ 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. ,.¨£,§##.¤
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&.¤.@&.¨#§ 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. &¨&¨,¤@@&.
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..§¨.¨,.¨¨ 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. ,@§.,##£¨#
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£¤&..§&,&& 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. ¤&£.¤¨.&.@
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,&¤¤,¨&.¤¨ then i run east toward my home. ,¤¨,£@.¨,§
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.@.¤#,¨#¨# 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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