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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. ¨@,¤#.,,..
¨,,.¨¨¨,£, ...¤§#¨,¨.
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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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.¤,..,@,¨¤ 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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