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