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