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