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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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