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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 #¶&@^~,...
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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 @@@&†-,.¨.
.,-»*$§@## on  the  southern  shores  until  i  got ##@§$*»-,.
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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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,¨-==¤&@## 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, #@#¤&*-~,¨
¨,,~~$*&@@ and  i  must've  picked  it  up with  my @@&*$~~,,¨
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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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