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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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