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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. £&@¨¨@£@..
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#..,,§&&.. / ...@¤¤&¨@#
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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. ,¨¤,.#@.@.
¤§@§£#..@, .,&§,£.&£@
,¨¨,..§,¤§ 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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¤£¨.¨@§,,. : £¨,¤¨&¤,¨&
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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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