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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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