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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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.,..¨¨-^£@ to west, getting broader and deeper and @£^-¨¨..,.
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.,~:†§¤@@# where the pine hands start to let #@@¤§†:~,.
.¨.¨,^^$£§ through light, horsemint on the rocky §£$^^,¨.¨.
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.,,=«^$%@# they had been a swampworld with sylvan #@%$^«=,,.
,,,...†=£# water, stone rings and floating moss. #£=†...,,,
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¨~«:†&¤£## on the southern shores until i got ##£¤&†:«~¨
¨¨.::%&&&£ bitten. £&&&%::.¨¨
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.,,«;;%# ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ##&%;;«,,.
,,~†%¤@££@ orange tin radio and a translucent @££@¤%†~,,
.,-^=$&@## umbrella which i'm sitting on. ##@&$=^-,.
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.,,¨,,,:†# 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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¨~=†%%¤### 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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.,,¨-:@$*£ on her stomach, feet in the air, £*$@:-¨,,.
¨-»/†@¶### 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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