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