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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. ¨.§¤¤.¨¨@.
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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. ¨..¤,,.¤¨@
@£,..¨#.#¤ ,.¨,£.¨,.&
¨¤@..¨,.#¤ : #¨.,¨#..,@
.#@§...¨#¨ .§,¨¨.¤.¨¨
,§¨§@..,¨¨ 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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