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