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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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¤¨¨¨,.¨¨., 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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,¨§,¤¤¨¨¨§ 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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