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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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.,&£&¨.,,¤ 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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