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