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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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,,£,.#¨,,, 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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