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¨,¤.,.,,,@ ¤,¨.¨¨@¨§@
£,.§,¨¨¨¨¨ @@¨¨¨¨¨.§¤
£¤,.#¨¨,,. statuette ¨§¤¨¨¨¨,£,
@§¤,.@,.¨. ¨§§£,.¨.¨.
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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. ,¨,.,¨¨@#§
#.,,.,¨@.£ ¨,.,¨,¨¤.@
¤§,..¨¨..£ * ,¨...¨.,,§
.¤&,¨,¨¨,£ ¨.,,¨,.,,¤
.&¤@,,¨,¨. 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. .,§¨¨#¨¨¤,
.¨.¨¨,,,., ¨¨.¤¨¨@.¨#
¤¨.,.¨..¨¨ ; #¨,.§..@¨¨
¨£¨.¨.¨.¨. ¨@¨¨,£¨¨#¨
,,§¨¨..,.¨ 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. ,,,¨¨###..
.¨..¤¨&&¨¨ ¨.,¨,§¨&#.
..¨,¨,@@@, .¨,¨...§@£
&..,¨.£.&¤ ¤,,¨¨.,§¨¤
@&.¨..¨,#£ ¤@,.,,¨,¨¤
.§#¨.¨.¨£¨ ¨@&,..,¨.&
¨£@£,¨..¨. ,¤@#¨..¨¨¨