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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. ¤,,¨§.@@,.
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..,&.,,¨,£ 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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