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