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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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