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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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.¨&..¨¤§¤. §#,,&,&@.¨
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