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