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