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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. -¨¨.,,¨¨¨.
,¨,....¨¨.                                          .¨¨....,¨,
¨.¨.¨.,,,, 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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