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£,..¨¤£@¨¨ ,,£.,..@¨¨
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,&.,§,¨¨.¤ %$@§£@$*& §¨£¤¨¨§,.,
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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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