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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 ####*§:=,¨
,,.=:^£@## 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. ###@£*†~-.
.¨,~/†%@## ##@%†/~,¨.
¨,.:~*$@@# then i run east toward my home. #@@$*~:.,¨
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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. #@@*†^-.,.
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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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