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£¤,¨¨#,.,¤ ¨@,&£,¨¨¤,
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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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