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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. §¨,,....,§
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.£@&¨¨.,¨, 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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