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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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,¨¨,~=%¤¤# 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. @#@£@†/«-¨
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,,~/*£#@@# 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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