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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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,,,,§.¨¨,¨ .,¨¨.&¨¨¤¨
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