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