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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. &¨@,£¨@.#¨
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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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