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,-~=^%¤@## forests around  my childhood home. thick ##@¤%^=~-,
.,~;%%&£## pine   arcades  that  were  planted  and ##£&%%;~,.
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¨:~:*£&### 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 @¶¤£\»~.,¨
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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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