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..¨.#,£&.. $&@£@£&%$ ¨&¤¨,.&¨.@
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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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