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