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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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