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