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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. ¤¨#.£.£,&.
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&¨§¨@¨¤,¨# 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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