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