£§££§¤,,@& ¨£,.,§¨¤¤.
.,,¨,@¨#.# ££,,£§§.@@
,¨..££#&£, .§¨&.¨&&.¤
..¨#..¨¨&@ ¤§§&¨#.¤§&
¨,§&.,,#¨, ¨..#§@#,.@
¨#¨&¨¨@&¨. statuette ,.@,..#¨£¤
§££@¨£¨¤.& .£&¨,&#§,&
,.¨&#@¤§@, ¤£**$@§%%£%%$£§£=-«~~~««%£&§%££&*§*£$£@$ ¤.@.&..#@¨
.¨@,¨¨,,§@ §§%@%&¤$@ @£¤&§.#.#¨
.@¤.,,¨£¨¨ ,.¨.@§¤#¤,
#,¤¨¨,£#,& 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. ,¨.¤,..¨#¨
#&£.,£¨@&& ,.§&.¨,&§§
,,£,@§¤.., .§,@¨¨&¨,¨
.#£¤.,&... &@@@.£@¨¨,
&..£¨¤&,,, .,.&¤.§¨.,
¤,£§£.£¨,§ ,,&,§#@¨.¤
§§¨.@&&.&, ,£@§..&.£.