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