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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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.¨.¨.¤.@§. 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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£,¨,¨§&&,, 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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