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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. ¨@¨¨#¨¨,¨¨
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,,,¨..¨### 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. ,,,&,¨.,¨.
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.,£.¨¨¨@¨¨ \ ¨¨¨,¨§¨.,,
,¨¨&.¨..@. ,.,¨,,@..,
¨..,#¨¨.¨£ 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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