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