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