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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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