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