¨&£.,¨@@.& ¨§#¤.¨¨,¨#
¨@¤§,,@@¨# .§¨#&¨..,,
,&¨¤@,¤&¨£ ,.,££#.,¨.
,.¨@§¨&#,. ¨,¨¤,#£,.¨
¨¨¨#&.&£@. £,,,¨¤&¤.,
.¨.##¨#.¤£ statuette §¤..,¤¨&£,
,¨.&&¨¨¨#@ ¨&£.¨¨¨£¤§
£,,@¤¤.,§, £%%¤*$££§¤¤£¤£%§-~-»»»-~$$&£¤&$¤&$£@£*$% ,£#&¨,¨§,#
§#.¤¨¤£,,, %¤£*$@&¤* ,£,&#¨.¨,£
.£.,,¤¤&., ¨.¨&§&¨¨¨@
,.¤¨.§¨§#, 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. ¨,.£,@§.,¨
¨,,&,.,¤£§ ,.,..££§¨¨
,,¨,§,¨&¨£ &.,.¨£.&@¨
¨...¨£,,,& §¤¨.¨¨,&££
#,.¨¨.#,.£ ¨&£¨¨¨¨@.§
#£,,¨,¨#¨, .@§£..¨..§
¨§&¨¨..,£, ,@¨¤§,.,¨§