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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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.¨¨.,¨.#¨# ¨¨£&¤¨¨,£.
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