#@.,#&.¨,, ,,¨§@¨.¤,.
.#¨&,¤,¨,# ,.@,¤.£¤¨@
§&§£¤§.¨£# ¨&@&§£¨§£§
.,¨¨,#¨¤,@ @,¨¨.@¤.¨¨
,¨¨¨#¤§¤§@ £¨..#¨¤¨,.
...£.¨,,¨# 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. &.,,,.&.¤£
.¤,.§§,&¨. £,.,.&£#.#
#£¨§.@#@¨. @¨.¨§.,§#¤
.@§@@..£,¨ &.,@#,#.,¨
#¨¨,#,&¤., &.@¨#¤£.,.
@..£#&.#., &&¤§..§¨¨#
£,@,,&£@.. ,,.£,§&,£,