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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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¨£.,¨¨,@¨& ,¨.,...¨¨.
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