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