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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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