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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. §.&.§¨#.¤.
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£¨&.@&¨@.# \ &¨¤¨§,@.#¨
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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. &¨§,#¨@.£,
#,¤¨.@.£,¨ &,@,@,#¨#.
£.£.§£.£¨# ; £¨&¨§,&¨£.
§¨£..§.&., §.@,§¨&.§,
@¨§.#@,£¨# 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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