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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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.,,.,¨£¨£§ ,,.,..,.@,
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