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