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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. ,.#..,,.£.
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#,¨,#¨,,., 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. ¨.§¨£&¨,¨.
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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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