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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. ..,#,@#.¨¨
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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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