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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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