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§@&¨¨.¨,£¨ statuette ,,,¨..¨¨¨¨
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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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