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