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