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