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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. ¨..¨¨..,,¨
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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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