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