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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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