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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. ¨¨..¤¨£§¨¨
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¤@.,,.¤¨¨¨ 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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