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