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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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