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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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