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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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.,,¤@@¨¨#. ,¨§&@,.¨,¨
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