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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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