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