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