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.¨,,.¨¨§@& ,.,,¨¨¨@¨¨
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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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