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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. ,,,¨¤£&,¨¨
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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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