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#,,¨,&,,¨& ¨¨¨#@¨,,££
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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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