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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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