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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. ...,&.,&¨.
.¨,¨,.¨,.. @¨..,&,¨@,
,,...¨,,,. * ¨§,..¨@¨,£
§.,,,.,... ,¨#.¨..#..
.£,¨¨¨.,¨. 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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