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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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