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