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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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