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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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