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.¨¨...¨,¨¨ statuette ¨¨,¨...¨¨.
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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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