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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. ...,..@,..
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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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