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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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¨¨¨¤¨,¤,,¨ 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 ,.¨..£.§&.
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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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.,§¤#..,., invisible to my eyes but i can feel ¤&,.¨£.¨,,
¨,§.#@,,¨¨ through the ground just how large it is. &@§,¨.#¨.¨
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,¨¨¨@.@§¨. 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. ¨¨¨,,£,¤£.
.,£,&&¨¨.. .,...,¨#&&
£.,.¤£¤,,. 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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