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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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.@¨¤£.¨¨,, 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. .,§¨,.¨.,#
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,#§#.¨,.,¨ 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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.¨#,.,,,¨§ invisible to my eyes but i can feel ¤.,¨¤.§¤..
¨.,¤,,.,.# through the ground just how large it is. £§.,¨.##£.
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§¨,,,&,.¨. 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. £,¨¨#¨§£..
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¨¨..£@#.,¨ 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. ¤§,,,¨,,..
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¨¨&¨§@.¨.§ 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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