£¨,#,,£.¨§ .#¨#,#¨&¨¨
§¨§£.§@.§, §@,#¨¤,¤¨#
¤,,@.¨&¨§¨ ¨§,§.@,&..
#.@&.@#,@, §¤¨¤,#.@¨£
¤,,£¨¨£,@¨ .@,¤,#,§¨.
£.@£,¤£.@. statuette @&.&,¤,#,§
&,.£¨¨¤,¤. .£,¤¨@,¤¨¨
£.@£¨§&.£¨ &¤§$%$%&§£$¤¤%%*~«-»~«~«$$&&**$%$$@¤&$$% ¤#.@,@,@¨#
£.,§¨¨#,@, @§§¤£%*££ ,&¨§.&,£.¨
£.§§¨@@.@. #@,£¨&¨¤.&
#¨.¤,,#,&, 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. ,#,#.@.#¨¨
§.¤&,&#.&, #&¨§¨£,£.#
¤,,&..§¨¤. ,£,@.@.&,¨
§.&£¨&@¨£, £&¨§.&,¤,&
§¨.&.,@.#¨ ,@.¤¨@.¤..
¤,&&.£¤.§¨ ¤£.£.¤,&,£
£,,#¨.£.&¨ ,@.£¨#,¤¨.