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.¨¨,¨.¨.:~ $£*$$¤§@**$¤$%%%~»~»«~»=$%&@$&%%§%@@£¤§$ ~:.¨.¨,¨¨.
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.¨¨¨¨,:«=$ $=«:,¨¨¨¨.
¨,.¨,,«†§& forests around my childhood home. thick &§†«,,¨.,¨
¨,,¨,~*@#@ pine arcades that were planted and @#@*~,¨,,¨
.¨.:~/$### forgotten. wild boars roaming ###$/~:.¨.
.¨:~†@#### underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ####@†~:¨.
,:»/%¤@### is dark and moist, the canopy having ###@¤%/»:,
..~»^£¤¶## already soaked up all the sun. ##¶¤£^»~..
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¨,¨.:~\%¤¶ there's a river passing by, from east ¶¤%\~:.¨,¨
¨.,,¨^«/$@ to west, getting broader and deeper and @$/«^¨,,.¨
.,,¨,¨-~^£ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just £^~-¨,¨,,.
¨¨.¨...:~* where the pine hands start to let *~:...¨.¨¨
,..¨,,,¨,» through light, horsemint on the rocky »,¨,,,¨..,
..,.¨..¨,, river bed. ,,¨..¨.,..
¨,,¨....,. .,....¨,,¨
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¨¨,...,¨¨¨ the riverbanks reek of magic. tonight ¨¨¨,...,¨¨
¨,,,,,,,.¨ they had been a swampworld with sylvan ¨.,,,,,,,¨
¨.,..¨,.., water, stone rings and floating moss. ,..,¨..,.¨
¨,,¨.¨..,. you could've found me wallowing around .,..¨.¨,,¨
.¨,¨.¨.¨¨- on the southern shores until i got -¨¨.¨.¨,¨.
¨..,.,¨¨-» bitten. »-¨¨,.,..¨
¨..¨,,¨:-† †-:¨,,¨..¨
,,,..,,=;$ 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. #$^~,¨,¨.¨
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.,¨.,.,^»\ 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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