,@,.,£#££& .,¤.§¤..¨.
§#.,#¨¨,.¨ .¤¤§,£.¨..
¨@¨§&.¨,¨# ¤,.¤&§,,.&
¤£§.@.¨¨@. &¨#,.£¨,&£
..#@¤¨¨&£. ¤¤@¨@§,&,,
,¤,.&,@.@¤ statuette ,,@&,§££..
#£¨¤#£&#,§ ,#¨§¤,¨@,¨
¨&#,.,¨£#¨ @@$§@£*%££%$*@$§~~=~»~-»&£%%$£%%¤£$$¤$§* #@@.¤¨&£¨£
¤¨¤¨¨¨#¨#¨ &&%&%¤$$& ¨¨£§§#¨#¤@
@&#¨.£¤&§¤ ,&,,.£@¨.¨
¨,§,¤,,,., 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. ¤&,¨@¨#¨¨#
¨§§#¤.¨,., ,§¨@#&£¨#£
¤¨.¨&¨,,¨¨ @@@..¨¤&¨¤
£,¨&@¨,¨., .¨£¨,#,@#.
&.§.#¨..,. ,§£¨#&@¨&¤
¤£#&£,¨,,# ¤¨¤&,.¤#,,
¨¨..#,¨.#. £¤.&,§.#¨&