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