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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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