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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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