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.,&¨.,¤¨.. ¤$$%%$@¤% .¨¨.&,¨¨¨§
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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. .¤.&@,¨¨.¨
,,£.#§.,,. ,,,&@&,,¨.
¨,¨,&##¨,, / .,.#¨¤£,.,
¨.,.£.£#¨, ,,,,.£#@.¨
,¨.¨¨,¤#£¨ 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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,.,.£,¨&,¨ .§£¤¨...,§
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