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