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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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¨.¨¨¨¨.¤§& † .¨#.¨..#.¨
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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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¨,,,###..# 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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