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