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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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