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