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