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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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#@¤$†\«,,. they had been a swampworld with sylvan .,,«\†$¤@#
####§**»^¨ 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. .,¨,....¨¨
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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. ,.¨¨¨,,.«/
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&**~-,.,.. then i run east toward my home. ..,.,-~**&
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##@¤%/-,¨¨ 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. ,,,,,¨,.,¨
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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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