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