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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. ¨.,¨&¨,¨¨.
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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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