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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. ,#§,.¨.,#.
#£&¨,¤¨¨¨. .£§&,,.,¨¨
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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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