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