.,@,£#¨@&¨ .&&@,,¨@§.
..&@#,&§,§ ,&¨.@,¨£.#
§¨@.¨£&.¤¤ @¤¤¨&£¨&@&
,¤@£¨&,&&¨ §¨¨@£¨§£,,
,¤.,&¤£¤,£ @@¨#¨¤¤,¤¨
¨§£,¤.¨.¤@ statuette ,¨¤#@¤.#§&
&&.§¤&,.£, ,.§,.¨£@,¨
@.@&.,¤,¤£ *£&%$¤*&£$&%%£$&~-~~«--«%§£$$$£%%*$$££§£ ¤.§£¨,#.§¨
§£@.£,§£&. %%£%&%££$ @&@.¤.@¤@@
¨,,¤§#@,¨§ ¨..¤¤##.,.
,,¨£¨.¨&.¤ 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. .,¨#¨¨¨£.,
¨¨¨§&,¨@&§ #¨¨##¨.@£,
..,&,@,#,¨ @¤.&¨#,¤.¤
&¨,@£§@§¤, @.#@££§@£&
,£,@.,¨¨,@ §@&,¨.¨.,¨
¨¤¤¤¤,.¨¨@ ¨,,#.,¨.,.
.§¨.,#¨..£ ,,,#@..¨,¨