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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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