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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. ,£¨.£¨@§¨.
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¤§.,..£¨.. 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. ¨¨,£.@£.,¨
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,¨@¨,¨#§@, 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. &¨,,@¨,£¨¨
¨&¨.&¨.¨¨@ ,&¨.¨£¨.§¨
,.@,.&,.,, : .¨@.¨¨&,.§
¤¨.¤¨,§,¨. ,¨¨@,¨,£.¨
¨£,,£¨.£¨¨ 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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