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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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