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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. .§,.¨.£,.,
,¨£,,¨,£¨¨ ,¨§¨,,¨#¨.
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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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