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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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