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