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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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