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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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