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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. £¨,¨,.§£¤.
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#¨,¨.#,¨§¨ / ¨.&...¨¨&£
&&.¨¨¨&.¨£ ,¨¨&¨,.,#.
£¤£.,,¨§,, 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. ¨,,,¨¨,§£@
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,£§@,..¨@, 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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