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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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