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