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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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.§,@¨,,.., * @¤#@§¤¨£,.
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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. £¨¤.#@£¨#&
,&¨#¨..¤.. &&@&£.,§§,
,#§££¨¨&§, / §,,¨¨&,¤,#
£§¨¨,@.@¨¤ §@,,¨§&§@&
,¨#¨¨@££@£ 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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