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#¨.¨,,@#§¨ ¨¨¨¨.&¨.¨,
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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. §¨,£,#¤..@
,&&&...¨.. .¤¨.¨&§#,¨
,§.£§¨.¨,, : ¨,¤.,&,§§¨
¨¨¨&#@¨¨.¨ #,.§,¨.@&¤
#,¨#.§§,., 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. &¨§£,...§¨
¨,#,,¤.,.& ¨,§§£,,¨,@
£¨¨&,¨@,.@ † ¨¨@,@¤.,,.
.¤¨¨#.¨¤¨¨ ¨,..¤&£,¨.
.¨£¨¨&¨¨§¨ 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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