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