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