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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. ,§@&,.&,¤£
£¨,§.¤@..§ ¨¤.&&,.,&£
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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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