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