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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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