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#¨,&,,¨,,# $%%$@¤*££ ,&¨,,¨.¨§§
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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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