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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. £,§.§,£,¤,
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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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