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