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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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