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