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