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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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