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