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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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