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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. @¤¨¨,¨#..,
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¨¨,¨#&&¨¨¨ 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. ¨.,¨.,¨@&@
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¤£.,¨¨§.@# 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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.,,.¨.¨§#¤ 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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