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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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¨,£.,.#¨¨¨ : ¨¨,&#¤¨¨¨.
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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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,¨¤¨££...§ 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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