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