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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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