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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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#¨.#,&#¨@¨ ^ .&,¤¨§.¤.¨
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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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