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