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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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