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