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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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