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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. @$††=-¨,,,
..¨.,~=*^% %^*=~,.¨..
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,.¨.,.¨,~; ;~,¨.,.¨.,
,,¨¨¨,,¨^« the riverbanks reek of magic. tonight «^¨,,¨¨¨,,
.,¨¨¨.,¨., they had been a swampworld with sylvan ,.¨,.¨¨¨,.
¨,,,¨¨,¨,. water, stone rings and floating moss. .,¨,¨¨,,,¨
.,.,,.¨,,¨ you could've found me wallowing around ¨,,¨.,,.,.
¨,.,.,,..¨ on the southern shores until i got ¨..,,.,.,¨
.,,,¨¨¨.,. bitten. .,.¨¨¨,,,.
¨,,,¨¨.¨,, ,,¨.¨¨,,,¨
.,.¨.,¨,,¨ but now i'm further back, on solid ¨,,¨,.¨.,.
,,,¨,¨¨.,¨ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ¨,.¨¨,¨,,,
¨.,¨..¨,.. orange tin radio and a translucent ..,¨..¨,.¨
¨,,,,,..¨. umbrella which i'm sitting on. .¨..,,,,,¨
.¨.,..,.,: :,.,..,.¨.
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¨¨,,,,:~†† somethings moving in the grass. it's ††~:,,,,¨¨
.¨¨,¨^«*†* invisible to my eyes but i can feel *†*«^¨,¨¨.
,¨,..»/$%@ through the ground just how large it is. @%$/»..,¨,
..,~~/%*#@ @#*%/~~,..
¨¨,=*$@&## 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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