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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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