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