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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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