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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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