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,#.¨,,§¨#& @£¤%%&@¤% ¤.,,@.,.£.
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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. ,.@£#,¨¨@,
@#§.,&.#¤, ,.§¨£¤.¨,¨
£,£§,.,§@¤ ^ ¨.,¨&¤@,¨.
¨,§¤#.,¤,& .,..§¨&¤,.
¨¨&,#§...@ 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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