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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. ,,£¨#¤,¨¨@
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,§&¤¨¨.¨¨. 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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