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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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&&#,,,,,£, somethings moving in the grass. it's .¨¨&.#£,.,
¤,@§..,¨¨, invisible to my eyes but i can feel ¨...¨¤§@..
¨¨&§£,,,.¨ through the ground just how large it is. .,.¨¨¤,£#.
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¤¨.¨&@§.¨. 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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