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